Wine (alt.food.wine) Devoted to the discussion of wine and wine-related topics. A place to read and comment about wines, wine and food matching, storage systems, wine paraphernalia, etc. In general, any topic related to wine is valid fodder for the group.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.wine
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 9
Default 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
  #2 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.wine
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 912
Default 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.


  #3 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.wine
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 17
Default 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
  #4 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.wine
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 912
Default 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.

  #5 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.wine
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 9
Default 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."

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
When wines go from being wine boutique wines to supermarket wines Michael Nielsen[_4_] Wine 5 16-05-2015 07:49 PM
Maple Wines that I can order in the US? Paul Ciszek General 0 19-12-2011 06:10 PM
buy ampicillin plate order ampicillin dosing order ampicillinprophylaxis order ampicillin gentamycin order ampicillin dosing orderampicillin agar order ampicillin buy ampicillin acne order ampicillin solutionlb agar plates penicillin order ampicillin [email protected] General Cooking 0 13-03-2008 05:41 AM
TN: wines with pasta, wines with rice noodles, wines with fondue DaleW Wine 1 26-12-2006 05:23 AM
Order of wines from sweet to dry FerdyPooh Wine 13 11-01-2005 09:25 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:31 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 FoodBanter.com.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Food and drink"