Anyone else love wine?

**piperdbh** · 31st January 09, 01:47 PM

I think I posted about this subject before, but I'll be glad to go 'round again.
If you want something completely different, go to www.woodmillwinery.com, and see if they'll ship to you. They grow their own muscadine and scuppernong grapes, (both of which are native to North Carolina, which is the greatest place on Earth, by the way) and make wine from them throughout the winter. Their wines range from dry to sweet, just like everyone else's, and they have more "fruit" flavor than vinifera grapes impart. Some people describe them as dessert wines, but they're just as good on their own or with dinner or to enjoy on the front porch with a beautiful lady and a beautiful sunset.
Duplin Wines, made from the same breeds of grapes, but in a different section of NC, are also very good. I drank them all the time until Woodmill opened a few years ago.
I'm not connected to either winery, just a customer like everyone else.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 1st February 09, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

North Carolina, which is the greatest place on earth...

Oh, you mean BAJA VIRGINIA...

**GDub** · 31st January 09, 03:11 PM

Yes! I live in very close proximity to the Napa and Sonoma valleys. That there are lots of great local wines to chose from is an understatement. As a recommendation, check out Graeser Winery. We've played a couple of gigs there and they pay us in wine--which is a good deal because their wines are SUPERB!! The owners very cool people so I love spreading the word.

**Adam Pound** · 3rd February 09, 05:56 AM

Any of the wineries in Prince Edward County!
They are all amazing. I've got 110 bottles from all of them sitting in the cellar right now. MMmmmmm, wine.....

Also make some really good beer there too.

And some of the wineries in NY's Finger Lakes area are great as well. Next time I go there, I am NOT declaring those bottles when I cross the border! 100% duties on them....

**Jack Daw** · 31st January 09, 04:12 PM

I don't care for white wine at all. In my kitchen counter wine rack, I have a shiraz, a cabernet sauvignon, and a beaujolais. It's not a wide range, but this is what I like! I prefer to limit myself to 2 or 3 glasses at a time, as the potency tends to eventually dull the senses and the purpose of the drinking and I never want the situation in which I cannot ever have another drop. I love pizza, but I cannot have just one slice; therefore, no more pizza for me.

**Spartan** · 31st January 09, 07:24 PM

Thanks for the heads up on Verde Valley. We'll have to make it an outing one of these days. Is there a best time of the year to visit?

**Ayin McFye** · 1st February 09, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by Spartan

Thanks for the heads up on Verde Valley. We'll have to make it an outing one of these days. Is there a best time of the year to visit?

Spring time is the best time, or the fall is good too. If you go in the winter, all the vines are bare, because they've been recently picked and haven't grown back yet. It's still a great time, but I'd suggest the spring time for a best visit.

**davedove** · 2nd February 09, 06:14 AM

If any of you are fans of small wineries and are travelling anywhere in the States, I believe every state has some wineries to explore. This is a great way to discover small quantity wines that you can't get in your local store.

I enjoy traveling to the different wineries to find the unique wines they produce. I recently picked up a blackberry wine and a spiced apple wine from a West Virginia winery that are very good.

**Spartan** · 2nd February 09, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by davedove

If any of you are fans of small wineries and are travelling anywhere in the States, I believe every state has some wineries to explore. This is a great way to discover small quantity wines that you can't get in your local store.

I enjoy traveling to the different wineries to find the unique wines they produce. I recently picked up a blackberry wine and a spiced apple wine from a West Virginia winery that are very good.

It's my understanding that North Dakota (my former place of residence) is one state without wineries. It's a climate thing. On the other hand it's great for sugar beets, potatoes, flax, barley (for beer), wheat, sunflowers, rapeseed (canola), and many other grains. It is absolutely beautiful to see acres of flax in bloom next to fields of rapeseed in bloom!

There are some nice wineries that we've visited on the west side of Michigan, my birth state.

**davedove** · 2nd February 09, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Spartan

It's my understanding that North Dakota (my former place of residence) is one state without wineries. It's a climate thing. On the other hand it's great for sugar beets, potatoes, flax, barley (for beer), wheat, sunflowers, rapeseed (canola), and many other grains. It is absolutely beautiful to see acres of flax in bloom next to fields of rapeseed in bloom!

There are some nice wineries that we've visited on the west side of Michigan, my birth state.

They don't have many, no doubt due to the climate, but there is at least one - Maple River Winery. At least it was still in business a couple of months ago. They were announcing the release of Lilac wine on November 1st, 2008.

It's a shame I don't live near there. That is a wine I would like to try.