about wine made out of — tent caterpillars. A guy in Northland, MN, makes it, and it actually tastes pretty decent, reviewers said. An excerpt from http://www.walterreeves.com/insects_animals/article.phtml?cat=21&id=469:
In a blind taste test — the reviewers were not informed what ingredients went into it before the tasting —
four local wine connoisseurs invited to taste the wine described it as dry, pale and crisp. They compared it to a pinot grigio or white bordeaux.
The comparison came before they were told exactly what went into the wine. Afterward, they joked that it was the best insect wine they’ve ever tasted. It’s also the only one they’ve ever tasted.
“I was surprised how similar it tastes to grape wine, said Derek Mahle, the Duluth area distributor for Quality Wine & Spirits in Bloomington, Minn.
“I’ve never heard of anything this bizarre,” said Mark Casper, owner of Keyport Liquor Outlet in Superior.
“If I was looking for a wine made from larvae, I’d choose this,” quipped Andrew Swanson of Fitger’s Wine Cellars in Duluth.
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, all three gave the wine a 7. All in all, a positive review.
One Response to I’m not going to actually TASTE this stuff, but you need to know
I don’t like Pinot Grigio, so I probably wouldn’t like caterpillar wine. Also, it’s made from bugs, so . . .
More proof oenophiles are full of shit? Or that wine, even the best wine, actually tastes like insect larvae?