On Feb 21, 2:28 am, Jim > wrote:
> Does anyone have a recipe for Retsina and thank you in advance.

I couldn't find a recipe, but I found some ideas which may help to
make retsina or a wine similar...

Retsina is made using white or sometimes rosé wine and gets its
distinctive taste from pine resin (sap from
the Mediterranean Aleppo Pine tree). Apparently the Aleppo pine also
grows in El
Paso Texas in the US. I don't know whether it is harvested and sold
by Greek-Texans or if you'd have to do it yourself! I don't know
about the health angle of using sap from other pine trees.

Another idea which *might* provide a similar taste (I have no idea if
it would) is to store the
wine during maturation in a pine barrel or to make an infusion of
pinewood or cut some pine staves and use them in your fermenter or
bulk storage container.

It's an interesting idea - I'd be interested to hear if you come up
with a 'solution' and how it tastes if you do

Jim