A staple of the British countryside from antiquity and a Fruit of the Druids, elderberries were harvested for their flavor and mystic benefits involved in Druidic rites, and later for the superior wines they produce, leading to the famous quote: “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt- of elderberries!” Pairs with roast mutton, fish, pork, beef, rabbit, duck, pheasant, other wylde game, and the company of bristling Frenchmen.