Fruit Wine

In my opinion, fruit wine is an under appreciated category on the market. A shame because people do not realize what they are missing until they are poured a glass! This year we tasted a variety of different fruits including blueberry, raspberry and apples. The winner of the Best in Class award is the Shin Premium Yuzu wine from Japan. Yuzu is a fruit I was introduced to when I lived in Japan, and it’s like a lively combination of lemon, grapefruit and orange. It is wonderful in a spritzer with either a splash of sparkling wine or soda water.

- Laurie MacKay