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Blueberries, blackberries, pomegranates, black currants, and
elderberries are all popular fruits for country (non grape) wines. But
what's your favorite "unusual" fruit for wine making?

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On Jan 10, 1:14 pm, wrote:
> Blueberries, blackberries, pomegranates, black currants, and
> elderberries are all popular fruits for country (non grape) wines. But
> what's your favorite "unusual" fruit for wine making?
>
> Greg


This cranberry juice from Costco is looking promising.... Funny
thing, Costco sells Ocean Spray and their own, theirs uses sugar and
is 30% juice, OS is that high fructose corn sugar and 27% juice.

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I have bought "juice" from COSTCO to make wine. Just make sure its 100%
juice. I think one brand is Adam and .... I have made Apple Pear Passion
Fruit, Cran Raspberry, Pomegranate Black Cherry just naming a few.
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>> Blueberries, blackberries, pomegranates, black currants, and
>> elderberries are all popular fruits for country (non grape) wines. But
>> what's your favorite "unusual" fruit for wine making?
>>
>> Greg

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> This cranberry juice from Costco is looking promising.... Funny
> thing, Costco sells Ocean Spray and their own, theirs uses sugar and
> is 30% juice, OS is that high fructose corn sugar and 27% juice.
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Quince.


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Ok, here is a weird one and not really a fruit, but I once made wine onion
wine. It turned out surprisingly good and unless I told people what it was
made out of they enjoyed it.


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> Quince.
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On Jan 14, 8:17*am, "news.bresnan.net" > wrote:
> Ok, here is a weird one and not really a fruit, but I once made onion
> wine. *It turned out surprisingly good and unless I told people what it was
> made out of they enjoyed it.


How would you describe it? Can you compare it to any other wine?

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Not sure exactly how to describe it, but if there is interest I would post
the recipe.

Shane
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How would you describe it? Can you compare it to any other wine?

Greg



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On Jan 14, 8:34 pm, "news.bresnan.net" > wrote:
> Not sure exactly how to describe it, but if there is interest I would post
> the recipe.


Is it one from Jack's website? You've piqued my interest.

Is the wine light or dark, sweet or dry? Does it remind you of any
other beverage?

Greg



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> Quince.


I never heard of it. I had to look it up in Wikipedia. Since it's
related to apples and pears, I would assume a Quince wine would be
like a cider or perry. How would you describe it?

Greg

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> Quince.


I never heard of it. I had to look it up in Wikipedia. Since it's
related to apples and pears, I would assume a Quince wine would be
like a cider or perry. How would you describe it?

Greg

The best I can do to describe the taste is that it is somewhat like apple or
pear but with a hint of citrus and very fragerant, like a subtle perfume.

Paul




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All time favorite wine is rhubarb.
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Peaches, plums, pears, cherries etc. etc.
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'nuther for rhubarb. Good wine!

Steve
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>John Stobbs > let us know:


>All time favorite wine is rhubarb.


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Cranberry. Not from bought juice, but from berries. It took 3+ years in
the bottle to come around, but now it is pretty good - strong - but
good. Makes a good Cosmo base ingredients.
I bought bags of them, crushed them and followed Jacks' recipe. I up'd
the alcohol so it would be around 15%, which is why it took years to
come around.
DAve

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> Greg
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Wild cherry, wild persimmon. You've got to let the persimmons fall and
fight the possums for them. My wife has a great wild persimmon cookie
recipe also although we don't have it with us now.

Dick


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I make a very good raspberry, and am playing with pyment. One of my best
wines was an elderberry white grape mix, fermented together.

Mary


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