"TN": Meaning Of ?

That's funny. I had long wondered the same thing, and never read any posts that began with TN, since I thought it was about wine from Tennessee. I had no interest in wine from Tennessee, in fact I didn't know that they made wine in TN.

Same here when I saw WA, I always deleted the email thinking it was a Washington state wine ;-)) Dee Dee

cwdjrxyz wrote on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:11:20 -0800 (PST):

I've had pineapple wine in Maui and it's not great but it's drinkable . The same winery (I'd have to look up the name) also uses real grapes and the same tasting comments apply.

This is one of the rare fruits other than grapes that have lots of tartaric acid. On the surface it seems to me that pineapple would be a good candidate for winemaking... Maybe it's a matter of finding the right terroir, reducing yields, experimenting with harvest time...

I like their pineapple wine - a fine food pairing, I think, with a bone in ham.

Just imagine the future possibilities, people will be talking about pineapple varieties and vintages, terroirs. A 1998 Kona Sugarloaf with searing acidity, a 2001 Pernambuco "vendange tardive" with fine aromas of... yes, pineapple... plus a 2005 Reunion AOC Victoria Gourmet. With enough global warming we could even grow these in Languedoic someday... :-)

cwdjrxyz wrote on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:40:51 -0800 (PST):

And why not? But I've had pepper vodka from Russia and like it for Russian style "down the hatch" drinking if it has been kept in the freezer. I've also tried Absolut "Peppar Vodka", which is a big disappointment since it seems to be made with sweet green peppers. Making your own pepper vodka is fairly simple.