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winer · 12-09-2002, 05:12 PM,

I just bought a bottle of (dare I say it?) cranberry wine. I was in the wine shop at the winery in Fort Langley BC (cranberries are a big crop locally) and tried a sample. It seemed a tiny bit sweet initially, but a lovely long smooth dry finish. (This is based on one mouthful!) But I thoroughly enjoyed that one mouthful!
I'm planning on having the bottle with Christmas dinner, assuming it survives that long.
Has anyone tried cranberry wine? If so, what were your impressions? Any thoughts as to what foods this might go with?

wondersofwine · 12-10-2002, 02:34 PM,

Haven't tried it but would suggest roast chicken or Cornish hen with cranberry chutney to accompany it.

Innkeeper · 12-10-2002, 03:29 PM,

Cranberry what? You might think of it as a dessert wine; can't imagine any meal that would go with it. We get a lot of things like that at Eastern North American wineries. Raspberry seems to be the preference here, even though we have cranberries too.

~~Bucko~~ · 12-10-2002, 09:06 PM,

BTW, technically the only wine comes from grapes, no other fruits.

winer · 12-11-2002, 07:50 PM,

Yes, I know that technically "wine" comes from grapes, but it seems to me that the fermented juice of another fruit has to be something, so why not call it wine too. If not "wine", what would you call the fermented juice of other fruits?

winoweenie · 12-11-2002, 08:06 PM,

I think " Fermented Fruit " has a nice ring. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

~~Bucko~~ · 12-11-2002, 09:32 PM,

Danged if I know -- I've always seem it referred to as fruit wine. But then, grapes are fruit. I'm so confused......

Thomas · 12-12-2002, 10:14 AM,

It's a matter of language...the ancient word for wine referred specifically to "the juice of fermented grapes" and that is what it is. Put simply, no other fruit comes in ripe with the proper level of natural sugar and natural yeast to ferment on its own to 12 % alcohol, without human intervention or added anything--that is pretty darned specific.

I'd opt for calling other fermented fruits "Fermented (insert fruit name) Juice." Or we have to come up with an ancient word for it...

[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 12-12-2002).]

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