Pavel314 wrote:

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

No, I was not even aware there was one. Generally, I don't attend wine
festivals anymore. I have a LOT of wine in my basement and generally it is
a lot better than I have tasted at the festivals. What I have enjoyed are
impromptu not planned events where some fellow amateur winemakers bring
some of their wines to share


>
>
>
> "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