Berry wines

Holimder-beere, /. elderberry, -bliite, /. elder blossom, -wein, n. elder (berry) wine. 

These properties of the flowers are obtained from infusions of 1 ounce to 1 pint of water in wineglass doses. It is used, often in conjunction with Peppermint and Yarrow, chiefly for the reduction of feverish colds, but inflamed conditions of the eyes are also found to yield to bathing with the warm Elder flower infusion. Although the medicinal qualities are weaker in the berries than in the flowers, the popular Elder berry wine is widely used as part of the treatment for colds and influenza. 

Paralleling this interest in V. vinifera table wine, a separate industry and market has developed devoted to fruit and berry wines. Sweet loganberry, blackberry, and currant wines have been available from the Northwest for many years. Recent interest has developed for fruit wines such as rhubarb, cherry, and apricot. These newer fruit and berry wines are offered both as aperitif and dry table wines. 

While the above description adequately describes the bottling of V. vinifera table wines, the majority of the fruit and berry wines are bottled without membrane filtration. Virtually all of these fruit and berry wines have potassium sorbate added to them to ensure microbial stability. 

The development of the wine industry in Washington subsequent to Prohibition had as its foundation the production of dessert, fruit, and berry wines. The dessert wines were produced primarily from V. labrusca grapes and the berry wine from those berries that were common in the region. Most popular have been loganberry, blackberry,and currant. 

Vuorinen, H., Maatta, K. and Torronen, R. (2000) Content of the flavonols myricetin, quercetin, and kaempferol in Finnish berry wines, /. Agric. Food Chem., 48(7),... 

Ollanketo, M. Riekkola, M.L. Column-switching technique for selective determination of flavonoids in fin-nish berry wines by high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection. J. Liq. Chromatogr. Relat. Technol. 2000, 23 (9), 1339-1351. 

The special problem of detecting grape wine in berry wine has arisen in this country because of the cheaper price of the former. The per cent transmittance of authentic acidified and unacidified grape and fruit wines in the ultraviolet and visible regions of the spectrum was determined by Beyer (1945). When the curves from acidified and unacidified samples were plotted on the same graph, the curves cross to the right of 590 m/i... 

Lesnovskaya, V. V., and Vecher, A. S. 1939. The content and preservation of vitamin C in fruit-berry wines (transl.). Nauch. -Isoledovalel. Inst. Pishcheuof Prom., Sbomik Molodykk Nauch. Rahotnikov 1939, 35-47 C. A. 36, 4280 (1942). 

Piatkowska, K., and Smreozynska, A. 1950. The citric acid content of native fruit and berry wines, and the influence of addition of these on the citric acid content of grape wines (transl.). Roczniki Pamtwmeego Zakladu Hig, 1, 345-353. 

A mousy taint is occasionally detected in fruit and berry wines and, less often, in grape wines. It is thought that the tetrahydropyridines given in Table 20.24, which have been also identified as important flavor compounds of toasted bread (cf. 15.4.3.3.2), contribute to the mousy taint. These compounds might be formed by microorganisms in wine. 

Baco blanc (Baco 22A). Baco blanc has not been widely grown and has seen little commercial success. Vines are winter hardy, vigorous and productive. Clusters are large, cylindrical and tight with medium-sized orbicular berries. Wine quality is mediocre and neutral in flavour. 

Le Commandant (BS 2862). This cultivar was grown commercially in Ontario in limited quantities. It is productive, vigorous and winter hardy, austers are large, conical and tight, with large orbicular berries. Wine quality is mediocre, and it was consequently used exclusively as a blending component no varietal products were ever produced to the author s knowledge. 

Landot 4511 (Figure 4.4(a)). This selection is winter hardy, vigorous and productive. Clusters are medium-sized and loose, with orbicular berries. Wines are of good quality, although they are slightly herbaceous. There has not been much commercial success with this selection. It is perhaps most well known as the parent of Frontenac and other cultivars from the University of Minnesota programme. 

V49063 (Buffalo x Chelois). This early blue selection is vigorous, productive and produces medium-sized clusters and berries. Wine ratings were good during the time of evaluation. 

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