hi. i just want to ask if you have already tried drinking fruit wines? i am currently doing a case study regarding fruit wine industry here in our country.
by the way, how do you classify wines according to their quality or what are the characteristics of "quality wines"?
Fruit wines, depending on origin, are some of the oldest adult beverages known to mankind. Inexpensive, potent, yet easy on the palate, they appeal to wide variety of clientele. From starving students to domicile challenged folks, and from desperate housewifes stuck with 6 kids in a desirable mobile park development to tourists from cold climates. Even true connoiseurs are beginning to appreciate the simple pleasures fruit wines afford. Bringing a bottle of your family's favourite fruit wine to an organizied wine tasting says a lot about your personality and guarantees social acceptance. Your friends and neighbors will never whisper "wine snob" behind your back and small domestic animals will love the sweet smell of fruit coming from you. As you see, the appeal of fruit wine is multi-faceted, but don't let that stop you. Say hello to fruit wines and be ready to boogie.
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I had a fruit wine from VT - not sure of the kind and it was fair at room temp, but then I nuked it and made it into a hot drink and it was actually sort of nice - like a hot cider or something. The only problem was getting my nose into the glass b/c the alcohol vapors almost choked me everytime
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thanks for all your great replies.. i forgot to tell you that my study is all about mango wines... ever tasted them? well, i don't know how it actually tastes since i am not really a wine enthusiast.. i need help.. im dying.. haha
thanks for all your great replies.. i forgot to tell you that my study is all about mango wines... ever tasted them? well, i don't know how it actually tastes since i am not really a wine enthusiast.. i need help.. im dying.. haha
There's a company in Homestead Fl (last city before the Fl. Keys) that produces some Mango, Lechee, and a couple other fruit wines.
From what I remember, they weren't "bad" as in, they'd be ok on a hot summer day by the pool/beach etc.
As Grun points out before going overly sarcastic, fruit wines have been made for years. Growing up in the UK I made wine from various fruits as well as from flowers and other ingredients. It's an interesting and fun hobby, and it's fairly inexpensive, though some people do take it very seriously and there are some fairly major competitions.
Fruit wines don't have to be low in alcohol - quite the opposite - though in almost all cases there is an addition of sugar in some form since few fruits have the level of natural sugar that grapes do.
There's a winery in Hawaii called Volcano Winery that makes wine from grapes, fruit, blends of the two and macademia honey. The honey wine is the best of those.
Bonny Doon makes a raspberry wine/liqueur called Framboise and used to make a blackcurrant one called Cassis. If memory serves correctly he did make a raspberry flavoured wine called Rubis3 at one point. It had a cube shaped raspberry on the front. It was interesting.
Somebody brought an Ollalaberry wine to a party at Paul R's place one time. It was okay, but nothing great.
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Originally posted by carokova11: thanks for all your great replies.. i forgot to tell you that my study is all about mango wines... ever tasted them? well, i don't know how it actually tastes since i am not really a wine enthusiast.. i need help.. im dying.. haha
Some of the most wonderful fruit wines are made in France. Depending on the time of the year, when driving about the countryside one can purchase direct from the producers who are frequently farmers with small orchards and don't really sell commercially.
We've tried peach, pear, apricot, etc. Not exactly Sauternes, but, all delicious and rather sweet. They make nice aperitiv or dessert wines.
Two of my sisters make a yearly batch of wine (kind of a family competition). Most of it tastes like Ass with a side of Ass (used with permission), but on occasion, their elderberry and apricot wines are quite good, even tasty.
