You won’t find grapes at this Connecticut winery

I love stories like this. The one like the “Little Winery that Could”… I am very glad to see that the fruit wine industry in Connecticut is growing fast. Now at 27 wineries and a lot of them being fruit wineries, this gives me one more reason to visit!
SHERMAN, Conn. – White Silo Farm and [...]

Bottling Up Summer!

Its a busy time at fruit wineries all over the Northern Hemisphere these days. Not only is it busy because wines are being produced from the plentiful fruit being harvested in the summer months but also busy with sales to the public and packaging wines ready to bottle and ship to all these thirsty fruit [...]

Winemaking Goes Beyond Vinifera

A great synopsis of the whole fruit winemaking industry. This will make you understand the basic process of fruitwinemaking and the growing industry behind it.
Written by Alison Crowe:
Humankind has been producing alcoholic beverages from fruit for perhaps 10,000 years. Though most people think of grapes when they think of wine, most of the states and [...]

Turning Apples – and Berries and Peaches and Maple Syrup – Into Wine

Interesting post by Sheryl Kirby for the Taste T.O. website:
I know nothing about regular wine. I spent much of my adult life fighting off allergies that came to a head while I lived in a house with a serious but unknown mold problem. Wine – red or white – killed me. Besides the inevitable headaches [...]