V-H Marionberry

[redderthebetter]

Can anyone tell me anything about Marionberry from Vint/H? I was in my suppliers place yesterday. I told him I had about 3 pounds of frozen blackberries, and was looking for some canned fruit to make a batch. He suggest a 3gal batch of the Mationberry with my frozen fruit.



I had read a post by Wade, I beleive. He said his did not turn out so good. I'm on the fence about the marion now. I am looking to make a nice dry dull bodied wine.


While I was in his store,I bought a beer kit and have posted a question in that subject, for anyone with that expertise.


Thanks and Have a Happy New Year.

 

[redderthebetter]

I am looking to make a nice dry dull bodied wine.




Thanks and Have a Happy New Year.

Full bodied wine.


Typing is a challenge with the Keilbasa's I call fingers.

 

[Waldo]

Glad you corrected that redd...I was going to suggest you go ahead and get the Marionberry if you wanted a "dull" wine.
Seriously, I have no experience with the VH Marionberry and cannon remember anoyne but wade posting about it. I have used other VH fruits and they were really good.

 

[Wade E]

Hey red, The wine was never made as that was the one I killed by means
of over-sulfite but right out of the can it had no taste at all. Try
the Black Currant if you have not already. Other than that I know I
will eventually try the Boysenberry as I bet that one would be really
good! As for the dull one, well!

 

[Cracked Cork]

Their blackcurrant is excellent, we like to top it off right before
bottling with some ribena which can be a bit difficult to find over
here, but we sometimes find it in the asian supermarkets or even a
british grocer.



I have the marionberry waiting for when I get snowed in and want to
make a batch of wine instead of having a heart attack shoveling snow!



Crackedcork

 

[paubin]

Marionberry is a hybrid of blackberries and makes a great wine! Boysenberry is also a personal favorite of mine. I've never used concentrates or canned fruits in my wines so I can't tell you how they are but fresh or frozen I've never had any problems except for one batch of blackberry that developed sediment in the bottle 6 months after bottling.


Pete