As we get into the home stretch of the quest we come across our first Illinois wine. Some may scoff but the American wines we drink now are a far cry from the earliest American grapes. One of these early grapes is Niagara. You can see the lovely color of this wine but what you cannot sense on these pages is the powerful sweet grape candy nose. The taste is of Welch's grape juice. Which isn't surprising as the Niagara is derived from the Concord grape. Its a sweet simple grape juice with the pleasing warming effect of a 12% abv. I would enjoy serving this as an aperitif for discussions sake.
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