Anyone else love wine?

**puffer** · 1st February 09, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Cerebite

Ah Mead, now you are talking. I love Redstone's Meads. Not being a cognizati what makes it not a true mead?

I am also not a "cognizati"

But I "consider "true Mead" being made from Grain & hopped. (like Beer with HONEY)
This type is a "WINE Mead" ( friut based)
BUT I LIKE IT !!!

Puffer

**Colin** · 1st February 09, 09:12 PM

Oh am I ever a fan. I enjoy many of the award winning BC wines, a lot of Australians, South Africans, and a few select others. I am more of a red fan, but once in awhile I find a white I just love. I'm not really crazy about the french reds or the California wines, with the exception of a few Zinfandels, which are among my personal favorites.

**Panache** · 1st February 09, 09:52 PM

The wines that I truly love are the Rieslings and the Gerweizmeiners

I will take them hands down over ant other types of wine

Then again my favorite cuisine is German...

Thoughts of sauerbraten paired with a crisp Riesling fill my head and I am suddenly very very hungry!

Cheers

Jamie

**Ayin McFye** · 1st February 09, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by Spartan

Thanks for the heads up on Verde Valley. We'll have to make it an outing one of these days. Is there a best time of the year to visit?

Spring time is the best time, or the fall is good too. If you go in the winter, all the vines are bare, because they've been recently picked and haven't grown back yet. It's still a great time, but I'd suggest the spring time for a best visit.

**davedove** · 2nd February 09, 06:14 AM

If any of you are fans of small wineries and are travelling anywhere in the States, I believe every state has some wineries to explore. This is a great way to discover small quantity wines that you can't get in your local store.

I enjoy traveling to the different wineries to find the unique wines they produce. I recently picked up a blackberry wine and a spiced apple wine from a West Virginia winery that are very good.

**Bigkahuna** · 2nd February 09, 09:17 AM

New York has a ton of fine wineries from the Hudson River Valley all the way up to the Canadian side of Niagara. Great stuff up by Niagara on The Lake. They make an Ice Wine that is fantastic! North Carolina has some nice little vineyards by the Outter Banks that are worth a visit for some nice scuppernong wine. The oldest cultivated grapevine in America is in Manteo, North Carolina. It is supposed to have been cultivated for over 400 years and is known as The Mother Vine. The vine itself covers an area of about 1 acre.

**Spartan** · 2nd February 09, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by davedove

If any of you are fans of small wineries and are travelling anywhere in the States, I believe every state has some wineries to explore. This is a great way to discover small quantity wines that you can't get in your local store.

I enjoy traveling to the different wineries to find the unique wines they produce. I recently picked up a blackberry wine and a spiced apple wine from a West Virginia winery that are very good.

It's my understanding that North Dakota (my former place of residence) is one state without wineries. It's a climate thing. On the other hand it's great for sugar beets, potatoes, flax, barley (for beer), wheat, sunflowers, rapeseed (canola), and many other grains. It is absolutely beautiful to see acres of flax in bloom next to fields of rapeseed in bloom!

There are some nice wineries that we've visited on the west side of Michigan, my birth state.

**davedove** · 2nd February 09, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Spartan

It's my understanding that North Dakota (my former place of residence) is one state without wineries. It's a climate thing. On the other hand it's great for sugar beets, potatoes, flax, barley (for beer), wheat, sunflowers, rapeseed (canola), and many other grains. It is absolutely beautiful to see acres of flax in bloom next to fields of rapeseed in bloom!

There are some nice wineries that we've visited on the west side of Michigan, my birth state.

They don't have many, no doubt due to the climate, but there is at least one - Maple River Winery. At least it was still in business a couple of months ago. They were announcing the release of Lilac wine on November 1st, 2008.

It's a shame I don't live near there. That is a wine I would like to try.

**Spartan** · 2nd February 09, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by davedove

They don't have many, no doubt due to the climate, but there is at least one - Maple River Winery. At least it was still in business a couple of months ago. They were announcing the release of Lilac wine on November 1st, 2008.

It's a shame I don't live near there. That is a wine I would like to try.

That may be a new winery. I'll do some checking. Our son and his family live in Bismarck.

**Raphael** · 2nd February 09, 07:07 PM

I am glad that I live in BC as we have many excellent wineries here. I did a wine tour on Vancouver Island a few years ago and I have tried many delicious wine. The more wine I tried, the more I appreciate the complexity.

I love red wine and a few selected white wine. I prefer Shariz, Merlot and Pinot Noir.