Ontario Fruit Explorers

["joe calico" <jcalico@sympatico.ca>]

Bert, regarding your apricots, what cultivars do you have and which is
your favorite?

Joe Calico

-----Original Message-----
From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of bert dunn
Sent: July 23, 2006 5:34 AM
To: Ontario Fruit Explorers
Subject: [OFEX] fruit wine/jam

Morning Tom
Have an incredible crop of apricots. Do you want some for wine/jam?   I
know
its a long drive here.
 Cheers              Bert
Bert Dunn  Box 352 Schomberg    LOG1T0     1-905-880-4453


To: "Ontario Fruit Explorers" <labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 3:13 PM
> Hi Bert,
>
> I bought a bottle of their Obsession black currant, port style wine.
It
> had much more black currant flavor than the Regal.
>
> Tasted so many of their wines, it was easy to loose perspective.
>
> We bought;
>
> Black currant port style wine
>
> Elderberry wine
>
> Raspberry wine
>
> Be wary though...  Their little tasting cups dribbled down my shirt,
and
> you can imagine how dark purple, currant wine looks dribbled down your
> shirt.
>
> They did have a saskatoon berry wine, but it was blended with other
fruit
> wines.  I did not care for it enough to buy a bottle.  As I recall
there
> were raspberry overtones in the saskatoon wine.  It was a blend, and
> raspberry is a strong flavored berry.
>
> Tom
>
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:22:59 -0400, bert dunn <helbert@idirect.com>
wrote:
>
> > Several years ago, Bert Andrews won "best in show" with his Titania
> > Currant
> > wine.
> > This April I asked for another bottle and Bert instead said they now
> > called
> > "Regal Black Currant". Perhaps this is what you had Tom--not quite
as
> > intentce as the straight Titania           Cheers      Bert
> > Bert Dunn  Box 352 Schomberg    LOG1T0     1-905-880-4453






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