Fruit Wines

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      This is what 1000 lbs. of fresh peaches and 500 lbs. of strawberries look like.  We just finished mixing up our Peach and Honey as well as our Strawberry wine for next year.  The winery has the rich smell of fermenting fruit which we love because it means the little yeast cells are doing their job.  Chris and Greg are working to tweet their strawberry recipe and reduce the amount of ABV (alcohol by volume). I on the other hand have added a little mote honey to boost the ABV of the Peach and Honey while changing to a new tannin to soften the feel of my recipe.  It's little changes like these that make it so interesting when we are experimenting with our batches year after year.  Each year the quality of the fruit presents one changing variable so we have to be very careful that we don't alter our recipes and  change our product completely.  On the other hand the only way to improve is to identify a weakness and improve upon it if possible.  We will know the answer by this time next year!