Vermont Mead Makers Getting into the Spirit

BY JAMES ASKEW
Before the French chemist Louis Pasteur, there were the gods, and the mysterious means of turning honey into wine was seen as a gift from the heavens. Long-ago English speakers, both enamored of and bemused by the act of fermentation, dubbed the process simply “god is good.”
We have come a long way from [...]

Massive Dragon Fruit Project planned in Vigan, Phillipines

VIGAN CITY, PHILLIPINES — The city government formally launched the massive planting of dragon fruit with the distribution of 3,000 cuttings of the plant to farmer leaders on Monday.
City Mayor Eva Marie Singson–Medina spearheaded the distribution of cuttings to 28 of the 39 barangays in the city in a simple ceremony in front of city [...]

New Fruit Winery Opens in Sanibel, Florida

For some, it may be hard to imagine for anyone who enjoys the occasional glass of wine that any fruit other than the grape could be used to produce a high-quality bottle of wine.
However, if you pay a visit to one of Sanibel’s newest retailers — Sanibel Tropical Wines — it seems that almost any [...]

Hard Cider – warming up winter

By Jean T. Barrett – Apples and pears are transformed into sublime, complex alcoholic beverages.
This is the season when food and wine articles in the national media suggest that the advent of colder weather calls for seasonal dishes (daubes, pork roasts, apple desserts) and richer, heftier wines (Zinfandel, Barolo, Port) to stave off winter’s chill. [...]

Mijiah Fruit Wine Commercial

This wine looks very yummy…I love the bottles! I will look for this wine and let you know what I think. If anyone out there has had it, let me know!

Fruit Wines are Fighting for a Better Image

By: TESSIE VANDERWERT
Ask the average wine drinker what they think of wine made from fruit other than grapes and the responses are typically:
“It’s too sweet.”
“It’s regular wine made with fruit flavouring.”
“Not made properly.” and perhaps most telling,
“Fruit wine is a curiosity for hobbyists – nothing more.”
Fruit wine makers however, have a different story.
From strawberries and [...]

A Fruit Winemaker’s Vision – Wine From Thai Fruit

(Article by: Malika Zouhali-Worrall Fortune Small Business) — Looking back, Dominic Rivard has to admit that starting a business in Thailand within weeks of a military coup might not have been the best idea.
It took more than six months to find an investor willing to take a risk on his proposal to build an exotic [...]