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Niagara

Niagara Wine Details
Price: $8.95 per bottle

Description: This semi-sweet white wine is a descendant of the Concord grape. It tastes "just like eating grapes off the vine" and is excellent with cheese, nuts, fruits or as a dessert. Serve chilled. Bronze-2005 Illinois State Fair Bronze- Indiana State Fair

Varietal Definition
Niagara:
A native American grape varietal, the Niagara is often referred to as the "white Concord." Widely grown in New York, it is a popular table wine, vinified in a slightly sweet style, though the best producers tend to minimize its inherent foxy (a unique aroma/flavor profile variously described as wild and musky) qualities.
Concord:
This native American grape varietal (of the genus vitis labrusca) is used in making old- fashioned, "rustic" country-style red wines, often displaying what most people think of as a "grape jelly aroma." In fact, the Concord is widely used in the production of jellies and jams. This East Coast varietal produces wines that have been variously described as foxy, meaning they have a unique aroma/flavor profile variously described as wild and musky. Mogen David is perhaps the quintessential Concord wine.


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