Being from an Orthodox Malayali Christian family, the first question I get from my friends during the Christmas season is about the homemade wine, the recipe, the process, the number of days, and the most common one being the easiest that’s do you sell it? one bottle pls… Till my marriage, I never knew the process, etc.… but I used to plead with mom or Grandma for wine bottles. But after marriage, my better half being from a different upbringing wanted to try this. That’s how my journey started with Wine Making.  

Both of us are real foodies and like to try anything traditional dishes from scratch so we did many trials & errors finally from big research with lots of elders in my family got this recipe. The traditional recipe was to keep the grape mixture for 41 days in ceramic jars. Christmas dinner, particularly among Kerala Catholics, isn’t finished without a glass of homemade sweet grape wine and a piece of plum cake.

Rekha Francis

Following my passion Live and let others live. An entrepreneur, a creative marketer, a vivid learner, dancer, blogger, mommy of two naughty kids, and an amateur cause there is so much to learn around us. Where sky is the limit, enjoy every moment!

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