Few celebrations of May would be complete without the presence of May wine. May wine is made from the earliest harvest of grapes. It is very popular among modern celebrants of Beltane and is also used as an offering of "first fruits" to the Goddess and God. It is easily purchased at most stores that carry even a fair selection of wine. However, there is a quick and easy way to create a suitable May wine if none can be found to purchase.
A Quick May Wine
Obtain a bottle of white table wine (not Chardonnay) and pour the contents into a larger glass container that has a lid. Next take a half-dozen to a dozen bruised fresh strawberries and slice them. Then add a few sweet woodruff leaves and the berries to the wine and chill for several hours to allow the flavors to develop.
Blessing for May Wine
Place the wine in the center of a wreath of flowers.
Hold your hands over the wine, palms down, and recite the blessing:
Blessings be upon this wine, which is the essence of the secret of transformation. The blood of life flows again back into Nature and summer approaches with the promise of fullness. May all who drink this wine be filled to the brim with all that is good in life.
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