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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

It's entirely subjective, of course.  I find ice wines and botrytis wines to
have a complexity that contrasts with the sweetness.  Think, perhaps, more
like a jam vs. a spoonful of sugar.  The peach wines had no complexity to
justify their sweetness.  Sad, because peaches themselves have a lot of
luscious flavor notes.  

Many of the other wines I had tasted were delightful.  I am not at all
surprised that other areas produce fine fruit wines, including wines
superior to anything here.  And there are certainly people who would have
liked the wines I gave poor reviews to.  Never let a review override your
own tastes and preferences. For instance, I like Chiantis and Riojas.  For
my palate, I would add maybe 10 points to most reviews of those.

I had limited my review of peach wines to the few north and central
California produced wines.  They may well be very good now, and I wouldn't
be surprised at all to find good ones elsewhere, like the Niagara region.
After your recommendation, I would expect to find good ones!

Sweetness, not a problem.  I have some terrific Ports, for example.  Sweet
and flat though, in the case of those particular wines, not so pleasant. 

Cheers,
Stephen 

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Olenio
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 4:42 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Peaches


Hi,

I have never had a peach wine that was sweeter than a grape ice wine.
Which makes one wonder why a fruit wine would be critized for being too  
sweet.

Take a trip to the Niagara region and you will find some excellent fruit  
wines.

Later,
Tom