Okay, let's be honest with each other: I'm not giving you any recipes (yet). I put together a batch of blueberry wine a month ago, and I need to make sure my house doesn't catch on fire before I really report back to you.

Blueberry wine? You cry incredulously. Blueberry wine? What happened to good ol' grapes?

I bought blueberries instead, is what happened.

Fact: You can make wine out of pretty much anything. From Wikipedia:

Although most wine is made from grapes, it may also be made from other fruit or non-toxic plant material

See? Blueberries are non-toxic, so sounds good to me. Beer, if you are curious, is made from grains. Grains are indeed from plants and aren't generally toxic, but for some reason they don't fall under the same umbrella.

The short story on fruit wines is as such: mix the fruit with some water. Mix that mixture with some yeast. Wait a while. Rebottle. Wait a while. Rebottle. Wait a while. Drink until pleasant.

Easy enough in theory, but we'll see if practice bears this out. The waiting period spans a few months to a year, so you'll need some patience on you for this one.

If you're interested in making your own fruit wine, you should check out Jack Keller's Winemaking Home Page, which deserves a post all its own. Blueberry recipes abound!