cwd@ihuxq.UUCP (07/01/83)
I have had a few experiences with novelty wines. At Benihana's Japanese steakhouse in downtown Chi-town, you get a delicious plum wine after consuming the Benihana Special. I usually get the special because I do like the wine. My biology teacher in the ninth grade was crazy about making homemade wines. He brought some of his raspberry wine, honey wine, and dandelion wines to class one day. The raspberry was way to sweet, the dandelion wasn't bad, and the honey wine was suprisingly good. I remember this because I had never heard of strange wines like that before.
thor@ihuxw.UUCP (07/01/83)
I assume your ninth grade biology teacher served everyone wine back when the drinking age was 13. Mark "we only dissected frogs in my class" Kohls
cwd@ihuxq.UUCP (07/01/83)
So my ninth grade biology teacher was a rather hip guy. We didn't get enormous servings of the stuff, nor did any other teachers know about it. We made some wine of our own as an experiment after that. Sorry you went to such a dull school. P.S. The wine I made tasted horrible
werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (07/12/83)
In Germany, mainly in the Frankfurt area, apple-wine is a bigger thing than grape-wine. The celebrations and festivities are comparable to the better known "Oktoberfest" of Munich, where Bavarian dark and ligth beer is the main attraction. I grew up in Heidelberg, which translates "mountain where the blueberry grows" and, vaguely, remember that my grandfather used to make wine from the berries, as well as goose-berries, cherries, etc. In general, however, those fruits are better used for brandy than for wine, but it is a matter of taste, I guess. Historically, I believe the principal Nordic drink was "Honey-wine", called "Met". Today it is hard to find, but most people who get a chance to taste it seem to like it, in moderation. The English term is "mead", whereas "Met" is German. The term is, probably, very similar in the other Germanic languages. Honey-wine is also cherished by some South-American Indians of the Amazon region, I found to my surprise. Does anyone know what the North-American Indians used for their "parties"?