Savage cooking glutinous black rice, the first crucial step in crafting her family's treasured homemade wine. Photos: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
In recent days, homemaker Jennifer Savage, 67, has been busy with last-minute preparations for Christmas. While most people are focused on baking cookies and wrapping gifts, the sexagenarian is dedicated to bottling her homemade rice wine, a treasured family tradition passed down through generations.
Using a 90-year-old family recipe, the Eurasian matriarch from the Portuguese Settlement in Ujong Pasir, Melaka has prepared 50 bottles of her sweet wine, which will be given out as gifts to family and loved ones.
