With every type of alcoholic beverage, however, regulating intake is necessary to protect your mind and body. Aside from having many healthy nutrients and antioxidants, cherries also reduce inflammation, help with exercise recovery, and support heart health. In the form of wine, cherries will still provide you with many of these advantages.

Chateau Grand Traverse features many cherry wine varietals to taste, savor, and buy – including the Traverse Bay Cherry Wine featured above.Ĭherries offer a wide variety of health benefits. Most stores that carry a large range of wine will also have several cherry wine brands available. To find a good cherry wine, you can visit many wineries across Michigan (and beyond). Mix with our original mead to produce the famed Viking Blood. Sometimes the cherry varieties are also mixed with each other – or with other fruits like cranberries, blackberries, or grapes – to create the right wine color and flavor balance. Our Cherry wine has an ABV of 14.5 and is medium sweet, a wonderful companion to any dessert. A Bing cherry will create a deep red wine and sweeter taste. Brighter red Montmorency cherries create a light red wine with a sourer taste, whereas black cherries produce a deep red wine with a richer, classic wine flavor. A standard cherry wine is red but varies in hue. With the addition of 600g of sugar they produce a wine of 10.5 ABV, and with 770g of sugar, 12.5 ABV. These kits produce fruit wines, 6 bottles of medium to medium sweet, in just 7 days and continue to improve if left longer.

There are many varieties of cherries that range in color and flavor, which is reflected in the winemaking process. A sweet and delicate flavour, slightly bitter aftertaste, and a strong cherry aroma. Some of Chateau Grand Traverse’s exclusive offerings similar to this product are our Cherry Sangria, Spiced Cherry, and Cherry Riesling. That’s why it’s so popular in the northern Michigan region known for its mass cherry production. This type of wine is typically more narrowed and unique in areas with ideal cherry growing conditions. The fruit’s bold flavor profile typically produces a sweet, tart, and acidic flavor. Ripe cherries are fermented to make a cherry red wine.

Black cherry wine