CAIRN O'MOHR WINES HAVE A CERTAIN JOLLY TASTE TO THEM AND A STRANGE EFFECT THAT DEFIES EXPLANATION BUT CAN OFTEN LEADTO DELUSIONS OF HAVING GRASPED THE ANSWERS TO THE RIDDLES OF THE COSMOS, OR IN EXTREME CASES, STARTING UP SINGING TUNELESSLY.
DON’T GO MENTAL AND DRINK TOO MUCH OF IT THOUGH BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU DEARLY AND WANT YOU ALL TO LAST A VERY LONG TIME.
OUR WINES ARE MADE FROM THE FRESH INGREDIENTS THAT WE FIND GROWING ROUND ABOUT US ALL ALONG THE BRAES OF THE CARSE OF GOWRIE IN PERTHSHIRE. THIS IS THE TWENTY MILES OF FIELD AND WOODLAND THAT ROLL OUT BETWEEN PERTH AND DUNDEE. THE FAMOUS RIVER TAY FLOWS DOWN ONE SIDE AND THE SIDLAW HILLS RUN DOWN THE OTHER. THE VERY IMPORTANT VILLAGE OF ERROL, BIRTHPLACE OF ROBERT BURNS, WALTER SCOTT AND OF COURSE HO CHI MINH, IS IN THE MIDDLE. CHECK OUT THE OLD SMIDDY BAR AND BISTRO WHEN YOU’RE VISITING FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THE TOPSOIL IS VERY FERTILE IN THE CARSE AND GENERATION UPON GENERATION OF PEOPLE LIVING HERE, THROUGH HARD WORK AND INGENUITY, HAVE TURNED IT INTO A GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL GARDEN WHERE ALL KINDS OF THINGS CAN GROW.
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Cairn O' Mohr Fruit Wines are made in our small winery on the farm near Errol.
What we do is gather up strawberries, raspberries, brambles, elderberries, elderflowers, oak leaves even, from all around, prepare them in different ways with water, sugar and various other ingredients to make a kind of sweet fruity soup, then we introduce our resident grape yeast into the barrels.
Overnight these clever little organisms come to life and set to work converting the sugars in the mix to alcohol, breathing off carbon dioxide in the process which makes it go all frothy.
After three days the must (what you call it) is hand pressed and when all the sugar has been turned to alcohol, the yeasts slip in to repose and gradually fall to the bottom of the tank.
The clearing wine is drawn off from the top, filtered, bottled and stored in the dark.
