Peaks of Otter Winery

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Apr 24, 2010

Norton Wine Review: The first trick is to throw your GPS out the window while attempting to find this location and learn to rely on old fold up maps. $3.00 can provide you with a gaudy little tasting glass, or you can opt out for a free tasting using one of Peak’s little dental sippy spit cups. Makes no difference what your preference, the tasting pour will be so small that only the bottom of the glass/sippy cup will get coated with the pour. They present a menu consisting of a Mountain Sunrise Norton, a Sheep Creek Ruby Cab Franc and a plethora of Peach, Fig, Apple, Crabapple, Acia-apple, Tomato-apple, Blackberry, Pear, Plum, Mango, Blueberry, Strawberry, and Raspberry fruit bomb wines. If that is not enough to turn your stomach over, how about trying their Kiss the Devil chili pepper wine made from 30 varieties of peppers. There will be those who really like sweet fruit wines which come in wonderful variation of bottle designs and colors here, but as for their Norton my wife thought it potable without sourness, but I thought the overtones were those of an acid bomb. Trust my wife or just go with my negative flow. Let’s come away with a positive note. Their Apple wine reminded us of a sweet “Cloudberry” wine. What’s easier for you, traveling to Virginia’s POW for apple wine or Newfoundland for Cloudberry wine?