Wine and curries

[Innkeeper]

If Maine had an appelation it would be called Hancock County. That is where all the wineries are. They all make fruit wines. One, Bartlett's in Gouldsboro, does a very good job. They vinify the fruit dry, even expose it to oak (there's the "O" word again), and put out a complete line. Allegedly at a Paris wine judging some years ago, the judges refused to believe the Bartlett wines were not made from grapes; and subjected them to spectogaphic analysis. Their wines are well regarded both in state and beyond. Gouldsboro is pretty far east. It is the last town before you get to Washington County, the most easternmost county in the USA.

The other two wineries put out fruity tootie wines. One is in Brooksville, otherwise known for the Nearing Homestead. The Nearings were the Godparents of the "back to the land movement", which is still real big up here. The last and least is in Trenton. Trenton is the ticky tacky commercial community between Ellsworth and Baa Haaba, which is a perfect setting for a fruity tootie winery.

People have tried to grow grapes up here with only limited success. Occasionally you see small clusters of table grapes in the farmer's markets, but so far none for wine in any quantity have been successful.