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STYLE:
A bold red wine of blended old
world french grapes and new varieties developed to
survive Minnesota winters
ALCOHOL: 13%, no residual sweetness
Our Voyageur wine was named for the French/Canadian pioneers who paddled the waterways in their birch bark canoes from the St. Lawrence seaway through the Mississippi, finding their way to Hastings led by our 4th great grandfather, Alexis Bailly.
Our
wine reflects that pioneering spirit in taking
our old world grape varieties from France (the
Leon Millot and Marechal Foch grapes) that were
the orignal plantings in our vineyard in 1973 and
blending them with the new world grapes developed
at the University of Minnesota (the Frontenac grape).
The
wine is deeply colored with rich flavor, bold and
opulent fruit flavors of black berries, smoky vanilla
aromas from extensive
aging in new mid-western oak barrels, a wonderfully
balanced wine that drinks deliciously when young
yet rewards you with greater complexity as it
ages from 3 8 years in the bottle.
Pair with similarly robust foods, hearty pastas, grilled meats, wild game, but know that it drinks soft and supple all on its own.
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here for more info on Voyageur
STYLE:
A red fortified sweet dessert wine infused with other
fruits, herbs and spices
ALCOHOL: 19%, Residual Sweetness: 12%
This
delightful orange-infused wine blends rich, red
grapes
with tangy citrus and notes of vanilla. Toasty. Spicy.
Nutty. A unique fortified wine that works as an
aperitif,
cocktail or dessert. The bottle comes from Italy,
but the wine is an ABV original.
Click
here for more information, including drink ideas with
Ratafia and recipes from local chefs
STYLE:
A red fortified sweet dessert wine
ALCOHOL: 18%, Residual Sweetness: 8%
A delicious sweet and fortified dessert wine, our
Hastings Reserve is made in the style of a ruby
Port,
emphasizing both youthful fruit and a maturity of
flavor. With an abundance of jammy, berry fruit,
the
rich, raisiny flavor is enhanced by the warm and
spirituous addition of brandy.
Made
from a number of different grape varieties including
Frontenac, Marechal Foch and Leon Millot, we blend
wines made from several vintages, each wine aged
for
at least 2 years and up to 8 years in a combination
of French, American and old whiskey barrels. The
result
is a wine of magnificent complexity and depth of
flavor. Drinkable upon release, this dessert wine
can age
in the bottle for 5 to 10 years and provide the patient
drinker with an even more incredible intensity of
flavor to savor.
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here for serving ideas and recipes
STYLE:
A dry red table wine
ALCOHOL: 13%, no residual sweetness
Our
newest varietal, the Frontenac grape was developed
at the University of Minnesota to survive the extremes
of the Minnesota climate. We make a big, robust
style
of wine from this hardy grape, loaded with black
berry fruit and a deep, richly pigmented color
(a real tooth-stainer!).
The wine is aged in 60% new oak barrels in order
to give the wine a smoky, earthy balance to its
intensity
of fruit.
We
use a majority of Minnesota grown oak, staves produced
from trees grown in Houston County
south of Winona, then sent to California to be
coopered
into barrels by a French company.
For the first time, we will not have to bury
our vines to get them through the winter. The
Frontenac has been recorded as surviving
-35 degrees below
zero!
This is a promising new wine for our future.
Click
here for ideas of food and wine pairings, and a recipe
from food writer Lynne Rosetto Kasper of "The
Splendid Table"
STYLE:
A dry red table wine
ALCOHOL: 12%, no residual sweetness
Blended
from a variety of hearty grapes, we use both French
and American hybrids that were developed for the type
of cold climate where we grow our grapes.
A dry red similar in style to the earthy wines
of the Rhone Valley in France, the Country
Red is
light to medium bodied with a taste of cherries
and a hint of spice.
With
no designation of grape, and
no commitment to a single vintage, we are able
to make a wine delightfully suited to our
tastes. The
Country Red is a wine with no pretense, just
pure hedonistic pleasure in every bottle, meant
for
every day drinking, and styled to go with
everyday meals.
Click
here for recipes using Country Red and a delicious
summer sangria using Country Red
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ISIS
- ICE WINE ($32.99/375ml btl click to purchase)
STYLE:
A sweet white wine
ALCOHOL: 14%, Residual Sweetness: 14%
ISIS
is made in the style of the famous Eiswein from
Germany.
The grapes are frozen, but it is only the water that
freezes, and is then removed as ice. What is left
behind is a wonderfully sweet juice to ferment
into
the luscious nectar known as ISIS.
Reminiscent of ripe apricots and peaches, citrus
fruits and honey, the crisp acids maintained in
our
cold climate naturally balance our ISIS - Ice Wine.
As we continue to struggle with the white grapes
we
traditionally have used to make this wine
( many
of them have died off in our vineyard from lack of
snow
cover in winter), we look forward to the new varieties
we are planting to replace them beginning this year
with the LaCrescent, a variety developed at the University
of Minnesota.
Click
here for more on the story of ISIS along with ideas
on how to serve ISIS - Ice Wine and with which foods,
including a recipe from local Minneapolis chef Lucia
Watson
STYLE:
A dry white table wine
ALCOHOL: 11%, no residual sweetness
The
Seyval Blanc is our premium white wine. Named for
the French Horticulturist who developed the variety
during WWI, the Seyval came to the United States
in
the 1960's when pioneers, like David Bailly, were
looking for wine grapes that could be grown outside
of the norms of Califonia. With its balance of
clean
bright fruit and a dry crisp finish, the Seyval is
a wine that is both elegant and appealing.
Click
here for ideas on what to serve with Seyval Blanc
and recipes from The Star Prairie Trout Farm and others
STYLE:
A semi-dry white table wine
ALCOHOL: 11%, Residual Sweetness: 1%
Fruity,
soft and slightly off dry, the Country White is
an
easy drinking wine to take pleasure in drinking everyday.
Named for the Vin du Pays wines of France (translated
as Country Wine) to reflect the regional wines that
are distinctive and meant for local consumption.
This
is a charming wine meant to be drunk while the fruit
is young and fresh. It has broad appeal and can
be
enjoyed with or without food. Serve well chilled.
Click
here for a recipe from Brenda Langton at Café
Brenda in downtown Minneapolis
STYLE:
A semi-sweet rosé wine
ALCOHOL: 11%, Residual Sweetness: 1.5%
This
is a popular and easy style of blush wine that
is
light-bodied with semi-sweet fruit that will remind
you of raspberries. We suggest serving this wine
well-chilled
in the company of good friends, on a picnic, or any
time on its own. The sweetness of the wine is well
balanced with our cool climate acidity, so it is
never
cloying and allows the wine to match well with food.
Click
here for suggestions on enjoying Rosé Noir
with food
NEW!
BAILLY'S RESERVE CHOCOLATE PORT ($19.99/btl click to purchase)
STYLE:
A rich ruby port wine infused with chocolate
ALCOHOL: 19% with 9.5% residual sugar
Our newest wine takes our port one step further by
adding natural chocolate essence to a special blend
of our Hastings Reserve creating a sexy, romantic
dessert wine that captures the delicious alluring
flavors of both the grape and that most intoxicating
flavor of all, chocolate. Enjoy sipping a glass all
on its own at the end of a meal, like a chocolate
pie in a bottle.
Click
here for more on our Chocolate Port
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