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Archive for 2009
New Years Eve is fast approaching and the party mood has started. For those of you who don’t have plans a 100% set or have friends getting together but not quite sure what to do, how about planning a wine party? Of course, I am a proponent of fruit wines ...
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Here is an excerpt of a good article by Julia Burke who not being a fruit wine lover per se, was won over after a bit of research and more importantly a bit of tasting. Being able to discover some great food pairings with the fruit wines she tasted was ...
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Its a sad day for fruit winemakers and fruit wine lovers in Ontario. Fruit wines won’t be coming to an Ontario farmers’ market after all. Tory MPP Bob Runciman, outraged his private member’s bill was shot down by the Liberal-dominated Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills on Wednesday, accused ...
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At the downtown farmers’ market on a chilly fall morning in Edmonton, Xina Chrapko is half educator and half gracious hostess to people who stop to investigate her products. The morning sun spills onto the bottles of colourful farm wines, often called “fruit wines,” that her family makes at En ...
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Interesting things are happening in Ontario, Canada with regards to sale of fruit wines in Farmer’s markets. In the province of Nova Scotia and Alberta, it is already happening with great success. Let’s hope the province of Ontario can see the many benefits to this. Read on: Fruit wineries are ...
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Sometimes there is nothing better than drinking a wine that has been made by yourself. Being proud of a well made wine and having people around you truly enjoy it too is a great feeling. What can make that feeling even better is winning an award for it in a ...
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Nectarines make very nice wines. This neat little video shows how Marc Stopkie, owner and winemaker at Adair Vineyards in New York State does it.
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Struggling to pair wine with your Thanksgiving spread? Consider looking to that jiggling cylinder of cranberry sauce — or even your horn of plenty centerpiece — for inspiration. Wines made from fruits other than grapes — long considered overly sweet plonk — are taking a sophisticated turn as more small ...
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Everyone loves to visit wineries and in my opinion, the best ones to visit are the small boutique ones. Wineries that have something special to offer, a winery thinking “outside the box” and run by people that pay attention to detail and are always striving towards improving their wines and ...
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