One of the hardiest, most adaptable plants on the planet,...
One of the hardiest, most adaptable plants on the planet, the humble elder tree has a delicious secret: the flower and fruit of this unprepossessing plant make a tasty wine....
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I love these good news stories. Yes, cider is in expansion in many parts of the world that that only means good news for cider lovers and their makers. Check out the video below, it says it all! Cider Industry Booming
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I was recently in Northern Spain and one thing I learned is that the Spanish not only make and drink a fair amount of excellent wine but that apple cider is also a very popular drink and does have a long history, especially in the northern part of the country. ...
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Gathering ingredients for making fruit wine needn’t be expensive or difficult, if you know where to look. For while grocery stores, winemaking specialists and online stockists might offer high quality equipment and ingredients with promises of fast, or cheap delivery, it doesn’t come any cheaper than picking your own fruits ...
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A great “feel good” story of Greg and Mira Melien in Northern Ontario written by Heidi Ulrichsen of Nothernlife.ca Read on! As Greg and Mira Melien look out onto the field at their Warren-area farm, the pride on their faces is obvious. The young couple sold their Petawawa farm a ...
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Its been a while since my last entry. Have been very busy with fruit wine and cider production at my own facility. Yummy apple, cranberry and black currant wines being made as well as ciders coming out this summer. I usually promote wines from a lot of other great wineries ...
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A couple of weeks ago, I was in Indianapolis, Indiana for the Indy Horticultural Congress. An excellent source of information for anyone in the agriculture industry in the mid-west. I was invited there to do talks on icewine and fruit wines, my two specialties by the head of the Oenology/Viticultural ...
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A feel good story of some young entrepreneurs following their dreams in a great growing industry: hard ciders. Check out this ARTICLE written by Shannon Bryan of Maine Today. Stories like this makes me thirsty for some great artisanal style cider…
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I was recently in China on business and one thing I have noticed is the incredible amount of food products of any type and beverages (including wines) that have blueberries in them. Blueberries are VERY trendy in China now. They are seen as healthy and exotic. A fruit that people ...
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Cider is now the fastest growing segment in the alcohol beverage market. It’s catching on all over the country and being accepted by more and more consumers. Some say that its even starting to eat away at the beer market. Or maybe its attracting wine drinkers who want something refreshing ...
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