{"product_id":"field-blend-2025","title":"Field Blend ~ 2025","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRed Clover, Lavender + Rose Bud Wine\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWine Tasting Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful orangey pink in the glass, bringing Spring to your nostrils it smells like a bouquet of flowers (the bouquet smells like a bouquet!) with grapefruit peel and glacè cherry lingering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a walk in the garden, by rights you should be sipping on this whilst wandering the Hamilton Gardens, little finger out, watching for fairies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt obviously is a floral little number, with a slight hint of acidity and a mile long finish.  Very medium, leaning to dry if it had to.  I think if you're a fan of Earl Grey (or Lady Jane) tea, you will quite like this.  I'm drinking it at room temperature; I haven't tried it yet but I imagine that this would really sing with a cheese board, especially blue cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVERY LIMITED RELEASE; get this while you can, 12 bottles only!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWinemaking Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly summer 2024 I started collecting rose-buds from our rambling rose and drying them, then in January the kids and I spent a morning in the neighbours paddock (unsprayed, home for one cow) collecting red clover flowers (which are actually more mauve than red).  And from the garden I collected a mix of white and purple Spanish lavender and standard English lavender (Grosso). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade a big ol' tea with the flowers, then, utilising an old fruit wine makers trick I made a banana gravy to give the wine body.  Banana gravy entails slicing up bananas and boiling them with a bit of water to create a slurry, well, gravy, of sorts.  It's for feel rather than flavour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHad completed it's fermentation in February 2025, bottled in August and released the following year, August 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13% ABV\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSulphite free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVegan and gluten free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catalyst Fruit Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54136453792062,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/9315\/0270\/files\/FieldBlend_1.jpg?v=1787009222","url":"https:\/\/catalystfruitwines.co.nz\/products\/field-blend-2025","provider":"Catalyst Fruit Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}