if you like fruit wines then you should check out Blue Gypsy wines at the Ottawa Wine & Food show this weekend. I was fortunate to try them out Thursday evening at Savvy's event - Sip Swirl Savour & Selebrate. fortunate meaning that I tried every single one ... but just a sip.
open just 6 weeks, they offer "eight varieties of handcrafted, high-quality, sulfite-free Ontario fruit wines. Our wine selection includes apple, raspberry, cherry, blueberry, cranberry, strawberry, maple, and ginger."
my personal favourite: raspberry. like fresh berries in the glass. I can also imagine this drizzled or poured (take your pick) over dessert or a touch added to a glass of sparkling.
here's an interesting fact offered on their website ...
Sugar concentrations as high as 35% or more occur naturally in grapes, but are much lower in many fruits and berries. To balance the taste of a fruit wine, we often use several varieties of a fruit, blending tart (to brings deep colour and body to a wine) with sweet (to create a pleasant finish).
Tannin also occurs naturally in the skins of grapes, acting as a preservative and stabilizer to keep wine from fermenting in the bottle. Because not all fruits contain tannin, we add it as necessary during our handcrafted process."
enjoy!
sit. sip. savour.
Éva Nagy - sommelier and yummy food enthusiast
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