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[Peter Chrisbacher <pxbacher.ls@comcast.net>]

Their flavor is hard to describe...  To me they taste "lighter" than red 
raspberries.  They're not all that flavorful, but I like them and 
sometimes prefer them over red/gold raspberries...  I'd say they're 
probably less aromatic than reds/golds though.

I suspect they wouldn't lend a lot of flavor to a wine.  I bet the name 
has more to do with the berries' actual appearance - bright red and 
almost translucent - they're very attractve berries and highly 
productive in the right spot (partial sun seems best - a favorite patch 
of mine is roadside on a local river bank)

Pete Chrisbacher
SE PA - Zone 6B