So this morning there’s 18 empty bottles on the counter and the cellar shelves are a little “thin” in places. Not counting a few commercial offerings brought by guests.
We had more than 30 people show up for our first official wine tasting party yesterday and a good time was had by all. We offered seven homemade wines and the results were very interesting:
We had more than 30 people show up for our first official wine tasting party yesterday and a good time was had by all. We offered seven homemade wines and the results were very interesting:
- Elderberry - this three year old offering was probably the favorite. It’s one of our first and a bit sweet for my current taste. Before this I was not a fan of elderberry… turns out I just hadn’t has a good one. We have maybe 10 bottles left. I’m going to try saving some for a few more years.
- Beet - Another three year old wine fermented on the cooked chopped beets. Most everyone couldn’t believe it was beets and couldn’t identify the beet taste until told that’s what it was. A few, including my daughter said it tastes like dirt! This is another one that has been getting better with age.
- Rhubarb - this one is only a year old. Made from 100% pressed rhubarb juice aged on one medium toast oak spiral. there is no doubt about what this wine is! It was very tart so it required quite a bit of back sweetening to balance. People who like rhubarb loved this wine.
- Sweetie Pie apple - a two year old sweet apple that was a mix of whatever the orchard owner had left in his cellar. It’s probably 90% juice and pretty heavily back sweetened. The sweet white drinkers liked it a lot.
- One Bad Apple - a mix of two home grown apples and whatever the orchard owner wanted to get rid of. This one is about 75% juice, aged on oak, and barely sweetened. The dry whit drinkers liked it best. I have a request from family for a sparkling apple for a future wedding… I told her I’d give it a try.
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) but two of the varieties I’m growing. 
