Cherry Wine

Where: Michigan, the Midwest

There's wine, and there's wine. This isn't the one you normally might drink, but cherries are cultivated widely in Michigan and they need to find something to do with them all, right? And what better way to preserve fruit than turn it into alcohol?

While the grape has been carefully cultivated for millenia to produce complex flavors, other fruit have not. This means that many "fruit wines"tend to be overpowering and obnoxious.

Cherry wine isn't entirely an exception. It is gravely lacking in complexity and the cherry flavor is very strong, making it tricky to accompany with anything more subtle than fast food. But it isn't too overpowering, and tastes refreshing, much like a Sauvignon Blanc, on a hotter day.

It may not ever make it into the world class of alcohols, but it's reasonably tasty, and a lot better than horrors like cherry vodka.