Maple Wines that I can order in the USA?

Rush Creek winery in Canada makes a nice maple wine. Unfortunately, they are not allowed to ship it across the border into the USA. Are there any maple wines that are made in the USA, or made by companies that have gone through the headaches necessary to export to the USA? I am talking about wine fermented FROM maple sap or syrup here, not wines made from grapes and sweetened with maple--those you can get in Vermont.

And please, don't tell me how easy it is to make my own. To make alcoholic beverages at home requires 1) a basement, or at least some space somewhere, and 2) some knowledge of what one is doing.

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Paul Ciszek
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I collect maple trees and grow over 200 species and cultivars. So I do know something about maples, and am interested (in an intellectual sort of way) in this concept of "maple wine." I confess it is hard to see in what way this is "wine," though. Most maple sap is high in sugar, so of course you can ferment it. Of course most species aren't much higher than, say, birch trees really.

I'd be interested in trying the vodka cwdjrxyz mentions. Again in an intellectual way as I'm not a vodka drinker.

I looked this up and I can't guess they let it ferment very far, I imagine it still has quite a lot of sugar in it.

As an aside, why "produit du Canada" and not "produit de Canada?" Why "vin de erable" and not "vin d'erable?" Makes no sense to me! ;)

Good luck finding your drink.

-E

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Emery Davis

Well, I would call it maple *mead* if it were up to me, but Rush Creek calls in maple wine. I note that Redstone Meadery in Boulder, Colorado calls its product "Honey Wine".

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Paul Ciszek

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