Montmorency Cherry Wine for $13 at Lynfred Winery

This wine is made of 100% Montmorency cherries, does anyone know where Montmorency is? This wine is a lot less tart than a lot of cherries wines I have tried in the past, and this wine paired perfectly with turkey. Troy and I finished this off with dinner. We did not have cranberry, but the cherry wine was a perfect match. The cherry flavor is superb with just enough tartness and sweetness to make the perfect balance. This wine did not have the viscosity that you find with some fruit wines, but I still think this wine could be spritzed for a great summer fun drink. I will definitely be picking up this wine for Thanksgiving.

Winter Spirit Hill by Vetro Winery for around $12

This wine has won an award and is a combination of Cranberry, Strawberry and special grapes. This wine simply tastes like a Strawberry/Cranberry wine to me. I think the strawberry wine balances the tartness of the Cranberry wine to make a nice balance of a semi-sweet wine. I really like this wine, think it is a great summer wine, could be spritzed or used in a punch if a person is feeling especially creative. I like this wine on its own, a perfect semi-sweet fruit wine.

2007 Lucky Star Petite Syrah for around $15 at Wine Styles

I love Petite Syrah. This Petite Syrah was slightly drier and more tannic on the finish than I prefer, but still very good. This wine is a great every day wine and it went perfectly with cheese quesadilla for dinner. I like the Lucky Star Chardonnay also, so I am thinking this is a reasonable price for a good Petite Syrah that goes well with food and is still fruit forward enough to be drank on its own.

Framboise by Owl Creek Winery 375ml for $14 at Vintages

This wine is a combination of Raspberry wine and grape spirits and tops out at about 17% alcohol. This wine which tastes like liquid raspberries is delicious. This wine paired perfectly with dark chocolate. I needed to make an effort to save some of this wine for my better half. This wine is the kind that you put in a chocolate cup and eat that way. I found this wine much better than a Raspberry port. I would definitely get this wine again, it is a great dessert wine, could be poured over cheesecake.

Coopershawk Chenin Blanc/Pinot Gris for $16.99

This wine is the May wine of the month at Cooperhawk. The wine is 55% Chenin Blanc and 45% Pinot Gris. This wine is very good. The wine is light, crisp, semi-dry with just enough sweetness to balance the acidity. The bottle never even made it out of the restaurant. We paired this wine with lobster stuffed potato skins and it was perfect. I find this wine as versatile as the Unoaked Chardonnay and almost as good. Hopefully, there will still be some of this wine left in 1 month when it is available to the members. I would pair this wine with chicken or fish, but best of all it would be great on its own to drink as a daily white wine.

Vetro Bianco for around $10 by the Vetro Winery in Wisconsin

This wine is made in a dessert style with Moscato grapes. This wine is sweet, but not overly so, with some viscosity that you would find in a late harvest/dessert wine. I find this wine to a little too sweet and a little too thick for my palate, but it is a big hit with my better half. This wine is best in small doses to me with some cheese after a meal. I am not able to drink this wine by the glass, and it will remain in the refridgerator for a little time before we finish it.

Olde English Blackberry Wine by Vetro Winery for around $10.00

This winery makes a lot of their fruit wines in a semi-dry style, and this is no different. This winery as I have said previously is totally cute and this wine is no different. The wine is actually dedicated to their pet, an English Setter who is pictured on the back of the label. I found this wine to be a nice change to a typical blackberry wine, the wine is lighter, not syrupy or overly sweet like others. This wine is pure blackberry with 9lbs of fruit going into every bottle without the flavor being too sweet and not too tart. I paired this wine with chicken and the wine is too fruity for chicken, best on its own or with dark chocolate, with a milk chocolate not good wine is not sweet enough.