Another source for Maple Syrup

I have been making Maple Mead and Maple Wine from Vermont Grade A Maple Syrup from Northeast Maple Products in Derby Line, Vermont at

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I purchased 10 gallons at $34/gal delivered to my door when the owner's parents took a trip to visit their daughter in central North Carolina. I was so happy with the price that I had them stay for dinner. They can be reached at snipped-for-privacy@NortheastMaple.com or at (802) 873-9132.

Last Saturday I was at a Monthly Meeting of "Talkin Baseball" sponsored by the Regional Chapter of SABR (The Society for American Baseball Research) and a close friend told me he was buying Maple Syrup locally from Leo Shinholt at 1-301-724-1433 in Corrigan, MD. I called him and asked about Grade B Maple Syrup. He offered to sell me 61 lbs of Grade B for $108.75. I think this is a good deal and I plan on buying two 61 gallon pails from him.

Grade B alledgely has more nutrients in it than does Grade A and is supposedly better for brewing than is Grade A. As soon as I sell my house, I am moving back to the Promised Land of North Carolina. When I do, I am going to load up on $18/gal Honey from Dutch Gold Honey in Lancaster, PA and Grade B Maple from Mr. Shinholt, and wait for the Ducharme's to make their annual trip to Carolina for my Grade A Honey.

Dick

Dick,

I've never made wine from maple syrup but we live in an area of Ontario where there is plenty of maple syrup produced. A few years ago I bought a couple of liters from a Mennonite family selling it at the side of the road. They had two qualities as well, the "lower" quality was darker and less expensive so I bought that. It was delicious and our family thought it was better than the lighter, more expensive grade. Incidentally as we live in the country and have access to sugar maple trees we decided on a family project with our grandchildren this spring and tried tapping 5 trees. We have managed to produce about 5 liters of syrup but is it ever hard work. The total volume of sap that had to be boiled down was approximately 200 liters as the ratio of sap to finished syrup is in the range of 40:1.

I would expect the wine produced from the one would be different from the other.

Glen Duff Rockwood, Ontario ================