2 hours ago, FauxPas said:
And that's my problem with fruit wines in general. They mostly seem to require considerable sugar and taste too sweet. Though I had a friend who used to make cherry wine from his trees and it was amazingly good and not too sweet. Not sure how he accomplised that. Locally, we have commercial production of strawberry (sparkling), blueberry and blackberry wines. Not bad if you pair them correctly but probably wouldn't want to drink much.
What about plum or lychee wines? Are they common there? Or is that more Japanese?
My problem, too. The only ones I really like are those with some tartness to counterbalance the sweetness. Especially the yangmei. Still couldn't sit and drink it all evening, though.
Yes, we get plum and lychee wine (The Japanese got most of their good ideas from China! 😃)
We also get peach, strawberry, grapefruit, hawthorn, passion fruit and blueberry among others.
