My uncle is a vintner (winemaker), and I've had all kinds of non-grape wine. He's made strawberry, blueberry, apple, pear, plum, pineapple, cherry, cranberry, blackberry and raspberry. The weirdest one he ever made was white pine. He harvested the new, succulent needles from a white pine tree and made wine from them. Interestingly enough, it tasted nothing like turpentine or gin. It had a lightly green flavour, but also slightly sweet.
Oh, I've visited a winery in Iowa that made wine from all kinds of things, too. Garlic, jalepenos, raisins, carrots, elderberry flowers, and rhubarb. Their website is here: La Vida Loca
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Date: 2009-01-22 05:41 pm (UTC)The weirdest one he ever made was white pine. He harvested the new, succulent needles from a white pine tree and made wine from them. Interestingly enough, it tasted nothing like turpentine or gin. It had a lightly green flavour, but also slightly sweet.
Oh, I've visited a winery in Iowa that made wine from all kinds of things, too. Garlic, jalepenos, raisins, carrots, elderberry flowers, and rhubarb.
Their website is here: La Vida Loca