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It's
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Southbrook Framboise - Summer in a Bottle
Michael
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National Post • Saturday Weekend Section • February 19, 2005
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Tired
of winter? Yearning for a taste of summer? Time to set the taste buds
ablaze with the sweet deliciousness of ripe raspberries as encapsulated in
one of Canada’s finest dessert fruit wines. While the award-winning Southbrook
Framboise
(CSPC 341024) was the first Canadian wine to grace the shelves
of Harrods of London, it is still a bit hard to track down here at home.
With 14.5% alcohol, it is actually a fortified wine where the fermenting
still sweet raspberry juice is halted by the addition of pure Ontario
distilled grape spirit. 
Look
for dense, sweet but balanced, lively, raspberry essence with a lingering
finish. The tax-inclusive 375 ml price varies from $16.25 in B.C.; $15.59
Alberta (Willow Park); $18.35 Manitoba (Kennaston Wine Market in
Winnipeg); $14.95 Ontario; $18.91 New Brunswick; $19.00 Newfoundland. Take
note that the similarly priced Southbrook
Cassis
(339044) is considered by black currant fans to be even better!
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