Fruit Wines (only some from native plants)

[Entheo]

Hi guys, as further research, here's a list I made of Fruit Wines, so I could then find out which places were using *native fruits in their fruit wines

(not that many as it turns out, nearly all in Queensland, apart from one place in Victoria and one in SA)

And yes, I have banana's as a native fruit (well its originally from New Guinea before it spread around the tropics if anybody wants to argue the point)

Queensland

de Brueys Boutique Wines

189 Fichera Road

Mareeba, QLD 4880

Ph: 07 4092 4515 Fax: 07 4092 4515

*Bush Cherry / Jaboticaba / Lime / Lychees / Mango / Star Apple

Endeavour Valley Winery

P.O. Box 530

Cooktown, QLD 4871

Ph/Fax: 07 4069 5611

*Cedar Bay Cherry / Jaboticaba / Java Plum / Mango / Passionfruit

Golden Pride Wineries

227 Bilwon Road,

Mareeba, QLD 4880

Ph: 07 4093 2750 Fax: 07 4093 2668

Mango / Lemon / Lime / Mandarin

Murdering Point Winery

161 Murdering Point Road,

Silkwood, QLD 4857

Ph: 07 4065 2327 Fax: 07 4065 2247

Lychee / *Lemon Aspen / Mango / *Davidson Plum

Pacific Blue Winery

Foster Road,

Kalunga (Via Herberton), Qld. 4887

Ph: 07 4096 2117 Fax: 07 4096 2116

Grapefruit / Tahitian Lime / Passionfruit / Mango / (Tahitian Lime & Chilli) / (*Davidson Plum & Blood Plum) / Black Sapote.

Paradise Estate Winery

6/3 Dewar St

Mission Beach, QLD 4852

Ph: 07 4088 6888 Fax: 07 4088 6889

(*Banana, *Coconut, Pineapple and Mangosteen) / (*Bananas, Red Mango and Dragon fruit) / *Banana /

(*Bananas, Bush Limes, Mangoes and Persimmon) / (*Davidson Plums, Wild Strawberries, Blueberries and *Bananas)

Shannonvale Tropical Fruit Wine

PO Box 113

Mossman, QLD 4873

Ph/Fax: 07 4098 4000

Fig / Mango / Star Fruit / Lychee / Parsley / Passionfruit / Grapefruit / Rambutan / Jakfruit / Orange /

Purple Star Apple / Water Cherry / Jaboticaba / Baku / Black Sapote / Ginger / Mulberry / Lime.

WineWorks Downunder

42 Grigg Street

Ravenshoe, QLD 4888

Ph: 07 4097 6968 Fax: 07 4097 6956

(Chilli & Lime) / PawPaw / Jaboticaba / Tahitian Lime / Lychee

NSW

Bramblewood Fruit Wine

80 Lindsay St,

Belford, NSW, 2335

Ph: 02 6574 7172

Fax: 02 6574 7172

Passionfruit / Strawberry / Mango / Boysenberry / Lemon / Pineapple

Lonely Palate Winery

7 Church St,

Bellingen, NSW 2454

Ph/Fax: 02 6655 1714

*Banana / Elderberry / Jackfruit / Lime / Limon / Mango / Raspberry / (Lime, kiwifruit & mango)

Victoria

Giverny Estate

69 Cherrys Lane,

Toolangi, Vic 3777

Ph: 03 5962 9421 Fax: 03 5962 9180

Kiwi Fruit

Hickinbotham at Dromana

194 Nepean Highway

Dromana, Vic 3936

Ph: 03 5981 0355 Fax: 03 5987 0692

Strawberry / Mango

Monbulk Winery

13 Coulson Rd,

Monbulk, Vic 3793

Phone/Fax: 03 9756 6965

Strawberry / Raspberry / Blackberry / Blueberry / Kiwifruit

Mt Buffalo Vineyard

(Bright Berry Farm)

Great Alpine Road,

Eurobin, Vic

Ph: 03 5756 2523

Raspberry / Blueberry / Blackberry / Apple / Blackcurrent

Mt. Markey Winery

PO Box 160,

Swifts Creek, Vic 3896.

Ph: 03 5159 4264 Fax: 03 5159 4599

Mirabelle plum / Elderberry Port

Parwill Swill

199 Moorabbee Rd,

Knowsley, Vic 3523

Ph: 03 543 91238

plum / apricot / feijoa / cherry

Schmidt's Strawberry Winery

Osbournes Flat Rd

Allans Flat, Vic 3691

Ph: 02 6027 1454 Fax: 02 6027 1452

Strawberry

Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm

244 Shands Road

Main Ridge Vic 3928

Ph: 03 5989 6273 Fax: 03 5989 6363

Strawberry

Wyanga Park Winery

Baades Rd

Lakes Entrance, Vic 3909

Ph: 03 5155 1508 Fax: 03 5155 1443

Blackberry / Kiwifruit / *Boobialla

Tasmania

Hartzview Winery

70 Dillons Road

Gardners Bay, Tasmania 7112

Ph: 03 6295 1623 Fax: 03 6295 1723

gooseberry / blackcurrant / blackberry / blueberry / cherry

Hillwood Strawberry Farm

Hillwood, Tasmania 7252.

Ph: 03 6394 8180 Fax: 03 6394 8150

Strawberry / raspberry / blackcurrant / apple

Petcheys Bay Vineyard

560 Cygnet Coast Road

Petcheys Bay, Tasmania 7112

blueberries

Sorell Fruit Farm

174 Pawleena Road, Sorell

Ph: 03 6265 2744 Fax: 03 6265 2661

strawberry / raspberry / tayberry / silvanberry / cherry

Wilmot Hills Vineyard

407 Back Road,

Wilmot, Tasmania 7310

Ph/Fax: 03 6492 1193

blackcurrants / raspberries / elderberries / (Blackberry and Elderberry) / apples

South Australia

Concordia Fruit Wines

Lot 5 Barossa Valley Way

Gawler, SA 5118

Ph: 08 8523 0238 Fax: 08 8523 0238

Apricot / Ginger / Peach / Apple / Pear / Quince / Satsuma Plum / Mandarin / Rose Petal / Mulberry /

Raspberry / *Quandong / Cherry / Blackberry

Thorogoods Apple Wines

PO Box 83,

Burra, SA 5417

Ph: 08 8892 2669 Fax: 08 8892 3040

Apple / (Apricots and apples) / (sweet apple and Mandarine)

Western Australia

Birdwood Park Fruit Winery

PO Box 26

Balingup, WA 6253

Ph: 08 9764 1172 Fax: 08 9764 1288

Friary Plum / Pear / Apple / Satsuma plum / Apricot / Peach / Pear / Sweet orange / Wild Cherry /

Strawberry / Apple Port / Mango Port

Eden Gate Blueberry Farm

Eden Road, Youngs Siding

Albany, WA 6331

Ph:/Fax 08 9845 2003

Blueberry

Thornhill Wines

R.M.B. Bessell Rd

Margaret River, WA

Ph: 08 9757 5054 Fax: 08 9757 5116

(plums, raspberries and blackcurrants) / Boysenberry / Kiwi / Dark Plum / Mango / Pear / Nashi / Raspberry

[waterdragon]

great list. i'd like to try out some of the elderberry wines to see how they stack up against the batch i made this summer. i'd also like to try most of the others as well, for educational purposes. also coming soon to a wine list near you should be the cold climate fruit currently being marketed as tazziberry, it's already being used in icecreams and i'm guessing when production allows will find its way into winemaking.

[ 06. June 2005, 11:52: Message edited by: waterdragon ]

[Tryptameanie]

Did you know you can also make elderflower wine (or "champagne")?

It's a very laborious process though, as the green bracts (or sepals?) must be removed by hand from each 3mm diameter flower or the resulting wine will be truly nasty. It's good if done properly though.

Not that I'd condone cultivating the stuff. It's very weedy- my folks have been trying to eradicate it from their property for years now (along with Hemia salicifolia escapees...).

[Entheo]

Hi Tryptameanie,

 

Tryptameanie:

Did you know you can also make elderflower wine (or "champagne")?

Aha, you would be talking about this

http://www.blunham.demon.co.uk/Yorksgen/Re...hampagneRecipe2

Not that I'd condone cultivating the stuff. It's very weedy- my folks have been trying to eradicate it from their property for years now (along with Hemia salicifolia escapees...).

there is a native elderberry, the white elderberry, Sambucus gaudichaudiana

http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/samb...dichaudiana.htm

http://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/DicotKey/O...S/gSambucus.htm

perhaps we should be encouraging that?

[foolsbreath]

Thats Great!!

I have been playing around with fruit wines, and in an overcrouded gape wine market, something different is needed?

Only problem in fruit wines have a limited shelf life due to the delicate fresh flavours that make them so appealing, with ittle ageing potential