Winter wine ingredients

[possum]

Here in NZ we are in the middle of winter.
I have a stack load of apples to use up, but apple wine on its own is tasteless
Is there anything I can pick at this time of year to add flavour?

[red]

middle of winter.....

do you have sloes?
parsnip wine is sposed to be good....

apple and ginger? ok you would have to buy the ginger i guess....

[possum]

No, I don't think we have sloes, at least not around here anyway

I have ginger growing, but it is not big enough to dig up yet, but maybe worth buying some if it makes a nice wine

Dam, just about to answer my own question - I have just remembered I froze a load of elderberries

[frozenthunderbolt]

any combination of Rubarb, ginger root (fresh not powdered) and rasins/sultanas or even better if you can find em are muscatels.
a bit of cinomon stick can also be nice. Dried elderflowers also go well with apple to make a delicate and floral wine, as does dried jasmine flowers.