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Maple Wines that I can order in the USA?
Rush Creek winery in Canada makes a nice maple wine. Unfortunately,
they are not allowed to ship it across the border into the USA. Are there any maple wines that are made in the USA, or made by companies that have gone through the headaches necessary to export to the USA? I am talking about wine fermented FROM maple sap or syrup here, not wines made from grapes and sweetened with maple--those you can get in Vermont. And please, don't tell me how easy it is to make my own. To make alcoholic beverages at home requires 1) a basement, or at least some space somewhere, and 2) some knowledge of what one is doing. -- Please reply to: | No nation is drunken where wine is cheap. pciszek at panix dot com | --Thomas Jefferson |
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Maple Wines that I can order in the USA?
On Dec 19, 11:12*am, (Paul Ciszek) wrote:
> Rush Creek winery in Canada makes a nice maple wine. *Unfortunately, > they are not allowed to ship it across the border into the USA. *Are > there any maple wines that are made in the USA, or made by companies > that have gone through the headaches necessary to export to the USA? > I am talking about wine fermented FROM maple sap or syrup here, not > wines made from grapes and sweetened with maple--those you can get > in Vermont. I have not found any wine fermented from maple sap for sale, but two super-premium vodkas made from fermented maple sap are available. These are not sweet vodkas with added maple sap or syrup. The best is in very limited supply, needs to be reserved, and is sold in 375 ml bottles at a very high price for vodka. See the 2 maple sap vodkas by Vermont Spirits at http://www.drinkupny.com/vodka_s/21....show=12&page=5 .. They ship to most US States. Since they also sell some wine, you might also contact them and ask if they know of any maple sap wine available in the US. They specialize in wines and spirits that can be difficult to find in many areas of the US. |
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Maple Wines that I can order in the USA?
On 12/19/2011 06:12 PM, Paul Ciszek wrote:
> Rush Creek winery in Canada makes a nice maple wine. Unfortunately, > they are not allowed to ship it across the border into the USA. Are > there any maple wines that are made in the USA, or made by companies > that have gone through the headaches necessary to export to the USA? > I am talking about wine fermented FROM maple sap or syrup here, not > wines made from grapes and sweetened with maple--those you can get > in Vermont. > > And please, don't tell me how easy it is to make my own. To make > alcoholic beverages at home requires 1) a basement, or at least some > space somewhere, and 2) some knowledge of what one is doing. > > I collect maple trees and grow over 200 species and cultivars. So I do know something about maples, and am interested (in an intellectual sort of way) in this concept of "maple wine." I confess it is hard to see in what way this is "wine," though. Most maple sap is high in sugar, so of course you can ferment it. Of course most species aren't much higher than, say, birch trees really. I'd be interested in trying the vodka cwdjrxyz mentions. Again in an intellectual way as I'm not a vodka drinker. I looked this up and I can't guess they let it ferment very far, I imagine it still has quite a lot of sugar in it. As an aside, why "produit du Canada" and not "produit de Canada?" Why "vin de erable" and not "vin d'erable?" Makes no sense to me! Good luck finding your drink. -E |
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Maple Wines that I can order in the USA?
On Dec 19, 6:23*pm, Emery Davis > wrote:
> On 12/19/2011 06:12 PM, Paul Ciszek wrote: > > > Rush Creek winery in Canada makes a nice maple wine. *Unfortunately, > > they are not allowed to ship it across the border into the USA. *Are > > there any maple wines that are made in the USA, or made by companies > > that have gone through the headaches necessary to export to the USA? > > I am talking about wine fermented FROM maple sap or syrup here, not > > wines made from grapes and sweetened with maple--those you can get > > in Vermont. > > > And please, don't tell me how easy it is to make my own. *To make > > alcoholic beverages at home requires 1) a basement, or at least some > > space somewhere, and 2) some knowledge of what one is doing. > > I collect maple trees and grow over 200 species and cultivars. *So I do > know something about maples, and am interested (in an intellectual sort > of way) in this concept of "maple wine." *I confess it is hard to see in > what way this is "wine," though. *Most maple sap is high in sugar, so of > course you can ferment it. *Of course most species aren't much higher > than, say, birch trees really. > > I'd be interested in trying the vodka cwdjrxyz mentions. *Again in an > intellectual way as I'm not a vodka drinker. > > I looked this up and I can't guess they let it ferment very far, I > imagine it still has quite a lot of sugar in it. > > As an aside, why "produit du Canada" and not "produit de Canada?" *Why > "vin de erable" and not "vin d'erable?" Makes no sense to me! I have found a company that makes maple wines and that will ship to many, but not all, US states. See http://www.boydenvalley.com/goldleaf.html .. This wine is made by fermenting 55% Northern Spy apple cider and 45% A-dark maple syrup together for up to 9 months followed by 2 years in French oak barrels.The finished wine has 16% alcohol and 4% residual sugar. It seems that maple wine made from only maple sap or syrup would be rather bland and considerable acid needs to be added to make it a good drink for many tastes. Using a quality apple cider to add the acid seems a good way to do this. But others might like a maple wine made from only maple syrup or sap, although I wonder how well it would keep without additional acid in some form added. |
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Maple Wines that I can order in the USA?
In article >, Emery Davis > wrote: > >I collect maple trees and grow over 200 species and cultivars. So I do >know something about maples, and am interested (in an intellectual sort >of way) in this concept of "maple wine." I confess it is hard to see in >what way this is "wine," though. Most maple sap is high in sugar, so of >course you can ferment it. Well, I would call it maple *mead* if it were up to me, but Rush Creek calls in maple wine. I note that Redstone Meadery in Boulder, Colorado calls its product "Honey Wine". -- "Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in TARP money, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes? Yeah, me neither." |
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