Are any of you Marylanders going to the wine festival in the Highlandtown
neighborhood of Baltimore this coming (4/18) Sunday?

Paul



"LG1111" > wrote in message
...
> I made a batch of chambourcin from local Maryland grapes last year, and it
had
> a funky, barnyard type smell...not at all floral or "grapey". Although
the
> chemistries were OK, I figured that the wine wasn't worth keeping.
Recently,
> though, I bought a bottle of commercially made Maryland chambourcin and it
has
> the same off odor.
>
> I've heard that non-vinifera grapes will often have "foxy" smells. What
are
> people's experiences with these grapes? If this is the best I can expect,
then
> I won't try them again this year.
>
> Lee