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2020 Sparkling Pear (extra dry)
2020 Sparkling Pear (extra dry)
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Made from locally produced pear cider, this sparkling wine will remind you of Prosecco. Beautiful golden color and a hint of pear. A food-friendly wine that’s also great by itself. Serve chilled.
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2020 Pear subLime
2020 Pear subLime
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
This “adult juice” is one of the most versatile and delicious drinks you can find. A yummy blend of Tree Spirits’ Pear Brandy, pear and lime juice, and a dash of ginger bitters that you can enjoy on its own, warm or cold, or mixed with sparkling water or wine, bourbon, or just about anything!
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2020 Pear Picnic Wine
2020 Pear Picnic Wine
Monday, October 26, 2020
Light and crisp with a subtle hint of pear. This wine goes perfectly with any outdoor activity from grilling to just sitting on the porch admiring the view.
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Finnriver Pear Wine with Apple Brandy
Finnriver Pear Wine with Apple Brandy
Monday, April 2, 2012
“The elegance and sweetness of the organic pear is blended with our custom-distilled apple brandy for a luscious cordial-style dessert wine.”
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Finnriver Sparkling Pear Cider
Finnriver Sparkling Pear Cider
Monday, April 2, 2012
“The subtle orchard qualities of the fermented apple blend with the elegant sweetness of organic pear for a light and lovely sparkling cider. Refreshing before, with, or after a meal.”
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Clear Creek Pear Liqueur
Clear Creek Pear Liqueur
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Because the pear is a relatively simple sweet fruit without the tartness of a berry, the Pear Liqueur was the trickiest liqueur to make. Good balance is important. We wanted to avoid making it overly sweet, which is easy to do with the Bartlett pear, or overly fiery with alcohol. Clear Creek is famous for its Eau de Vie de Poire (pear brandy). Because the base of the Pear Liqueur is our pear brandy, you get that same beautiful nose of a perfectly ripe pear for which our Poire is famous. The taste is surprising complex, smooth, slightly floral, with a little bit of acidity, and a pear finish that lingers long after you set down the glass.
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Clear Creek Pear Brandy (pear in bottle)
Clear Creek Pear Brandy (pear in bottle)
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
In addition to our pear eau de vie, we do a special bottling of pear-in-the-bottle. To make pear-in-the-bottle we actually grow the pear inside of the bottle in our orchards, and then fill it with our pear eau de vie. This practice of growing pears in the bottle is traditional in Alsace where pear brandy has been made for hundreds of years. Pear-in-the-bottle is highly labor intensive, requiring weeks of work putting the bottles on the trees in late May when the small pear will still fit in the neck of the bottle, tending them all summer, and picking them in late August. Since we use no preservatives or artificial cleaning solutions, each pear and each bottle must be painstakingly scrubbed by hand before we fill with our pear eau de vie for which we are known worldwide. Due to the unpredictable nature of pear growth from year to year the pear in the bottle is only available certain years.
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Clear Creek Pear Brandy
Clear Creek Pear Brandy
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
This is classic eau de vie de poire. We use Williams (Bartlett) pears from our own orchards in Parkdale, Oregon. We crush and ferment the whole pear and then distill the pure fruit mash in our German-made pot stills. It takes about 30 pounds of pears to make one 750ml bottle of Pear Brandy. This is still our best product and our best seller. The pear nose is intense, the taste is strong, but pure, and the aftertaste is clean with a surprisingly strong hint of pear. In warmer parts of the country and in the summer, it should be served chilled.
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Pear Wine
Pear Wine
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
This wonderful wine blends Bosc, Bartlett, and Asian pears from the Asian pear tree in the vineyard. The juice is fermented and then part of it is distilled locally into a pear brandy, which in then reintroduced into the wine. The bold brandy aroma comes straight to the front of the nose, but takes a backseat to the flavor of pear.
This unexpected treat is flavorful and balanced and complements desserts, fruits, and cheese. Homer referred to pears as “the fruit of the Gods,” and with a taste of this fortified wine, you will see why.
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