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MASTER Drinks Wines that are not Wines: Fruit wines.
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I have used this glass in this Video: RIEDEL Performance Riesling.
I have tasted the following wine in this Video:
2020 Von Wiesen Quitte & Eisenkraut (Quince and Verveda) Hessian Bergstraße – 12 US $
NV Kystin Cidre (Apple) Cuvee XVII Brittany France – 12 Euros
NV Eric Bordelet Poire Granite (Pear) Normandy France – 17 US $
2015 Cold Hand Winery Rheum (Rhubarb) Denmark – 36 US $
NV SAV Winery 1785 (Birch Tree) Sweden – 20 US $
Bulles de Ruche Hydromel Linden Flower France – 15 US$
NV Bodegas Platé Platé Blanco Semiseco (Banana) Tenerife Spain – 12 US$
Frederiksdal Kirsebaervin Reserve (Cherry) Denmark – 50 US $
The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 – 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 – 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 – 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is a soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 – 69: A below average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 – 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.
Wine in most legislations has to be an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice. Fruit Wine does not have to be made out of grapes. They are amongst the oldest alcoholic beverages and might even be older than wine made out of grapes but it is difficult to say.
The big advantage of grapes is that you can produce large volumes of them in a vineyard and that they have high sugar levels and therefore ferment readily. But grapes do not grow everywhere so people got creative in order to produce wine. The most popular western fruit wine is cider made out of apples but you can also make wine from bananas, pineapple, cherries or even Dandelions and there is mead, which is made from Honey. I’ve picked various high-quality fruit and flower wines to see if they can be as tasty as grape wine.
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I work in a winery in Homer, Alaska, Bear Creek Winery, and we specialize in locally grown fruit and berry wines. Rhubarb, Raspberry, Gooseberry, and Black Currants. We have a lable for blended wines with Grapes grown outside the state, and another lable for our 100% Alaska grown varieties without grapes.
The cherry wine looks impressive. The Nordic Triumvirate takes the biscuit here. Most informative and interesting. 👍
The birch sap thing looks interesting. I have been amazed by the own brand Co-op Chilean Sauvignon Blanc. Under £5, and recognisable as a white Sauvignon. Chewy flavour. Melon on the nose. Drinkable. Impressive, and FANTASTIC value for money. 👍
You should try "Tarongino"!!! 🍊
Great video
There's a fruit in Brazil called Jabuticaba, wich is a (delicious) dark berry that only ripens during a short stretch of the summer. In a small city in the Minas Gerais state, called Catas Altas, there's a locally famous Jabuticaba wine contest. It's an interesting drink. I can't confirm it, but I've been told that the fruit only exists in Brazil, so it's probably a very rare beverage.
Very interesting as always, congratulation! i wanted to ask you if you know a great book or website about soils? thanks and cheers!
Very nice topic, Herr Baum. I wonder if you're familiar in any degree with Brazilian wines and if you can find them in the european market. Cheers and stay thristy!
If you get a chance, try out the Finnish Ainoa Winery. Their strawberry wine Suven Taika was the first non-grape wine to ever win gold at Le Mondial du Rosé. Their other products are great, too!
Great video again. Last 2 weeks I was harvesting my 1 acre of sweet cherries in the iconic cherry region of Kjustendil, Bulgaria and for the first time I made a small amount of cherry wine which still ferments. I’ll see what will happen. Making fruit brandy in Bulgaria(and Balkans) has a very very long tradition, but fruit wine is fairly uncommon.
Fresh fruit is amazing
In the town I live in mead is more important than wine.
Quince is often used for VODKA 😀
I‘ve been asking myself for a while whether there is a parallel universe in which wine from a different fruit is treated with the same reverence that fermented grape juice is ours.
I've had a few fruit wines, most were forgettable. The Bordelet pear ciders being some of the exception from abroad. Here in Maine there has been a small producer that has been quietly making fruit wines for the last 30+ years. Bob & Kathe Bartlett, are a two person team (now in their 60's & 70's I'm guessing). They have made a wide range of fruit wines, some sweet, some dry. They make a NV Oak Dry Blueberry wine that improves as it ages. I've had bottles from the 80's that blew away big-name wines served in the same setting. Now that the winery is closed, and they have retired, I value these wines as much as I do my Keller GGs, Breuer Berg Scholßberg, Accomasso, Metras, & Raveneau. Like those wines that I can no longer get, these fruit wines are just as singular. When I do get back to Germany, I'd be happy to meet up & open a bottle with you if you'd like to try it.
Great video as always! Was hoping to see some Norwegian apple ciders make the list, but maybe next time! All in all a lot of super interesting products I will definitely be on the lookout for in the future. What about barley wine (or beer in general) as an idea for an episode?
Again, love your stuff!
I just acquired a bottle of the still version of SAV birch sap wine. After your review of the sparkling, I am excited to try it now. I have had many of these non-grape wines , as a local mountain community has leaned in to support this beverage type in recent years. Cheers 🥂
My father gets gifted a couple of bottles of rhubarb wine from his friend every year (this is in Norway). He's not a fan, but I rather like it. He makes a decent gooseberry wine too. I'd be interested to try a professionally-made one.
Wow Konstantin, you got a Skillshare sponsorship! That means you truly deserve the title of ‘youtuber’ now 🤣
Seriously though, great episode. I haven’t tried many fruit wines, and don’t think I will, because my wife doesn’t like them :/
I hadn’t realized the category had grown so much in quality and diversity.
Yes o have tried a few meads and an incredible brazilian champagne rosé style “wine” made with wild brazilian cherries, it just blew my mind! It’s an absolutely must try for anyone who can get it its from Projeto Seiva made With Cereja do Mato.