jamesbsmith
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I really don't understand why commercial wine (in the main) has to be made from grapes! I live in the UK (where we don't have many vineyards and much wine making), but I have been making rhubarb wine (often with other fruit / juices) added, and they are absolutely great! As we all know here, loads of other fruits / ingredients can make amazing wines which I would much rather drink than many grape wines! I don't understand why this hasn't been taken advantage of more commercially. In England (and all other colder climes) we should have "vineyards" full of rhubarb etc!
Are there any stories in the wine making world (like that of the home brewers "Brew Dog"), that perfected any great fruit wine recipes and make it big time?! I know that we don't have this hobby with the hope that we are going to commercialise our recipes and take over the world, as its the process of producing poor wines and then making wines you are really happy with and improving them which makes it all so worthwhile, but I am just puzzled why it doesn't appear that anything other than grape is taken advantage of!
Are there any stories in the wine making world (like that of the home brewers "Brew Dog"), that perfected any great fruit wine recipes and make it big time?! I know that we don't have this hobby with the hope that we are going to commercialise our recipes and take over the world, as its the process of producing poor wines and then making wines you are really happy with and improving them which makes it all so worthwhile, but I am just puzzled why it doesn't appear that anything other than grape is taken advantage of!