I try to do three posts a month, and here we are at the end of June. I somehow lost all track of time, so hopefully you won't mind getting two posts in the same week. The power is out here due to the crazy weather (I came home to a tornado warning last night), so I'm writing this entire post from my phone. That's how I dedicated I am. I also cooked lunch using a candle and the grill off of the toaster oven. It's about to be a long day. So due to time constraints and the fact that I'm working on my phone, this one will be short.
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| Appalachians don't need electricity to cook! |
It was a miserably rainy day when we went so we didn't look into a tour, but I intend to see these acres of grapevines for myself before I move away from this region. We just visited the Country Store and I bought two bottles of their wine to sample.
I have never seen so many different types of wine. Ramp wine, dandelion wine, wine from every fruit you could ever imagine.
The store also sells merchandise such as wine glasses with their logo, cork holders, and stuff you'd expect to see in a wine store. They also have products I guarantee you won't find outside of Appalachia, such as Ramp Mustard.
Their wines can be purchased all over the state of West Virginia. I've seen it in gas stations and grocery stores everywhere. I'm not sure if you save money by purchasing directly from Kirkwood Winery, because the prices of the wines at the Amish Bulk Food store in Flatwoods were pretty consistent with the prices at the Kirkwood Winery Country Store.
As I mentioned earlier, I got two different wines to try. I got a small bottle of Cherry and a small bottle of Elderberry. They were 8 or 9 dollars per bottle, and you get about two glasses per bottle.
These two wines were quite sweet compared to your standard reds and whites, and I am far from being any kind of connoisseur, but I would use them for a dessert type of beverage. The Cherry was actually quite good. It tasted exactly like liquid cherries. It didn't have the artificial taste of Maraschino cherries, but a freshly picked from the tree type of taste. I really liked it.
The Elderberry was not as enjoyable for me. It was sweet enough to be syrup, and I've never tasted actual elderberries, so there's a possibility I just don't like that flavor. That being said, I definitely want to try out some more of these wines, particularly Strawberry and Dandelion. Thanks for reading!
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**I am not affiliated with Kirkwood Winery. This is just a review of the two wines I bought.
Have you ever tried any products from an Appalachian vineyard? Do you have a favorite specialty wine? Do you make your own wine? I'd love to hear about it at mountainbloodwv@ gmail.com or on Facebook, MountBlood WV.
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