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Below you will see in-depth tasting notes on their most marvellous vinegar & verjus

Minus 8 Who ???

Minus 8 is a family-owned vineyard in Niagara, Canada, where the hot summers and cold winters allow the team to craft exceptional vinegar and verjus from grapes. The first and flagship vinegar, Minus 8, was named after the temperature at which the grapes are harvested.

Minus 8 is vinegar named for the temperature at which the premium grapes are harvested and pressed to make icewine. The delicious, sweet wine is transformed into vinegar by a clever yet simple manner.

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Apple 8 Vinegar

Apple 8 is cider vinegar made from a select blend of delicious Canadian apples.
Slowly fermented and made into vinegar, the flavour of fresh-pressed apple juice shines through.
Ideal for savoury, dessert, and cocktail applications.

Tasting Notes
Appearance: Brilliant golden-brown liquid
Density: Moderate viscosity
Aromas: Apple jelly, honeysuckle, apple blossom, apple cider, caramel
Palate: Sweet apple cider, Macintosh apples, tart Granny Smith apples, apple pie, smooth and balanced finish

Uses: Finishing vinegar for savoury applications - vegetables, meats, seafood, fruit, macerating fruit, jellies, jams,
aspics, vinaigrettes
Desserts - sauces: crusts, macerating, finishing vinegar to balance sweetness
Cocktails: wonderful in cocktails with whiskey/bourbon and oak aged spirits, with vodka, gin, fruity cocktails

Maple 8 Vinegar

The finest quality maple syrup, from Quebec, was fermented and made into true maple vinegar. Naturally sweet, rounded with crisp acidity, a full palate of maple, oak, vanilla, and honey notes from ageing in French oak barrels for over four years.

Uses: Chefs will find many uses for this unique vinegar. We love using it in marinades for fish (think ceviche) and chicken, in glazed root vegetables, adding it to the liquid in the slow cooker, and in a BBQ sauce. Try a few drops of this over fresh grapefruit, or use it to balance icings or dessert preparations.

Tasting Notes:
Appearance: Deep bright golden amber colour. Density: Medium thick with rich viscosity. Aromas: Elegant nose of maple syrup, ripe yellow plum, cooked apple and French vanilla with woodsy notes and hints of raw hazelnut, burnt sugar, rye and earth.

Palate:
The impressive sweet and sour entry follows by rich flavours of buckwheat honey, maple sugar, caramel, lemon curd, candied fruit and melon, with notes of white pineapple, dried citrus peel, mineral and spice. Crisp acidity tempers the natural sweetness and refreshes the palate on the finish.

Veget 8 Vinegar

Made from Cabernet Franc icewine and Roma tomatoes. We grew our grapes in a way that brought out the naturally vegetive characteristics of Cabernet Franc grapes, made icewine, then vinegar. We made vinegar from local gorgeous Roma tomatoes. Then we blended the two to make Veget8 vinegar. Pure fruit, that tastes like vegetables.

Tasting Notes
Appearance: Medium red garnet. Density:Moderate viscosity.

Aromas: Complex array of sweet sun-dried tomato, green fruit, berry (cherry and raspberry), fresh herb, both fresh and cooked vegetable, red/green pepper and earth, with leafy, spice and celery notes.

Palate: Medium sweet, with balanced zesty mouthwatering acidity on the palate, forward flavours of super ripe tomato, tomatillo, green fruit, fresh herb, zucchini, melon rind and squash, with notes of green mango, rhubarb, cucumber and bouquet garni.
Like other Minus 8 products, Chefs and Mixologists will find endless uses for this unique vinegar. Use its light herbal/vegetal, green fruit character to create spectacular dishes – meat, fish/seafood and vegetarian themed recipes – especially those with a herbal component.

Concord 8 Vinegar

Vinegar that tastes like fresh pressed Concord grape juice is made from these delicious blue grapes that are native to our area.

Tasting Notes

Appearance: Deep purple colour (almost stains the glass)

Density: Medium thick with rich viscosity

Aromas: Penetrating and intense, quite grapey with fresh red and blackberry fruit, chocolate, jam (blackberry/mulberry), sugar-ripe fruit, like overripe raspberries and wild strawberries, with notes of dried cranberry, ripe banana and fresh grape juice.

Palate: Sweet/sour, piquant, grapey, fresh blackberry coulis, mulberry jam, framboise, wild strawberry, grape jelly, almost like a fresh young ruby port or banyuls without the alcohol.

This vinegar is not for the faint of heart; a focused powerhouse of aromas and flavour, it trades complexity in favour of intensity.

Dehydr 8 Vinegar

Made from the sweet raisins of hand-picked and air-dried Riesling grapes. Our grapes are hand-picked and carefully laid out to dry naturally for months. The resulting raisins are pressed for the little amount of sweet juice inside. Then the wine is made in the style of Amarone or a Vin de curé. Next, vinegar is made in the traditional method, slow and temperature regulated to retain all the delicious flavours and aromas of the Riesling grapes. Bottle and oak aged for several years.

Tasting Notes
Appearance: Medium to deep amber colour, looking quite thick and rich

Density: Medium to thick and rich

Aromas: Multi-faceted with underlying notes of sherry (oloroso), toasted nut, caramel, light spice, vanilla, peanut crumble, white chocolate, vanilla pudding, notes of old Armagnac and spicy rye whisky

Palate: Sweet and tangy, rich and dense, with tangy well-balanced acidity, flavours of dried fruit, vanilla, pineapple and notes of oloroso sherry; this all leads to a long, sweet piquant finish

IP 8 Vinegar

P8 Vinegar begins with beer made in the style of IPA (India Pale Ale). A blend of aromatic and flavourful hops are used to enhance the hop characteristics in the vinegar. Sweet, delicious juice from Minus 8 premium icewine grapes is blended in.

IP8 is meant to be used fresh, like beer. It is made in small batches for freshness.

Tasting Notes

Appearance: Moderately deep golden amber colour
Density: Viscous and rich

Aromas: A very complex, multifaceted vinegar that evolves with time. Initially slightly earthy and resinous on the nose, with roasted malt and (light roast) coffee bean notes; then the aromas develop with additions of candied apple, buckwheat/wild-flower honey, pine and spicy/hoppy notes; afterwards the nose becomes additionally layered with exotic aromas of jasmine, light citrus rind (orange and grapefruit) and both cooked and tropical fruit notes.

Palate: Richly sweet and balanced with zingy acidity, exhibits a palate is as expansive as the aromas; first there are intense flavours of roasted barley, browns sugar and sweet caramel; overripe golden pineapple, sweet grapefruit, biscuit and toasted pine nuts and resin follow; finish is lingering and complex with jasmine tea, melon, orange/lemon peel, and light soya sauce/miso paste notes.

Red 8 Brix Verjus

"Ice" verjus uses the full flavour potential of the grapes. 8 Brix is a seasonal product, made with the juice of Minus 8 icewine grapes. Premium wine grapes are hand-picked at five intervals between August when they are sour and unripe, to January when they are our sweet Minus 8 icewine grapes.

As the grapes ripen over the months, flavours develop and sweetness increases. Blending juices from several harvest intervals plays sweet off of sour, with a layered, delicious palate of all the flavours the grapes offer.

Each year 8 Brix Verjus is made for release in December. Because of the limited amount, please order early.

Tasting Notes
Appearance: Medium pink/rosé
Density: Moderate viscosity

Aromas: Aromas of both dried and stewed red berry fruit (cherry and raspberry), cranberry jelly, cold raspberry tea, green fruit and lemon, with slightly earthy, herbal, leafy, floral/violet notes.

Palate: Medium sweet, sweet and sour and well-balanced with noticeable zingy, mouthwatering acidity on the palate. Exhibits flavours of spring cherry, cranberry, green plum, unsweetened berry compote and red sour candy with a dried red berry fruit character on the long tangy finish.

This is fun to drink when served lightly chilled. Would serve as a great condiment and be a wonderful addition to your cooking repertoire. Chefs and Mixologists will find endless uses for this inimitable product. We are told that it is a fantastic base for sauces, dressings and marinades and is the secret ingredient in many inspired bar creations.

White 8 Brix Verjus

"Ice" verjus uses the full flavour potential of the grapes. 8 Brix is a seasonal product, made with the juice of Minus 8 icewine grapes. Premium wine grapes are hand-picked at five intervals between August when they are sour and unripe, to January when they are our sweet Minus 8 icewine grapes.

As the grapes ripen over the months, flavours develop and sweetness increases. Blending juices from several harvest intervals plays sweet off of sour, with a layered, delicious palate of all the flavours the grapes offer.

Each year 8 Brix Verjus is made for release in December. Because of the limited amount, please order early.

Tasting Notes
Appearance: Ranges in colour from yellow, to deep orange, to amber to rose (depending on the batch).
Density: Moderate viscosity
Aromas: Green grassy, sauvignon blanc, dried chokecherry, apricot

Palate: Medium sweet, herbaceous, sweet and sour, well-balanced with noticeable - zingy, tangy, mouthwatering acidity and notes of sour candy on the long finish.

This is fun to drink when served lightly chilled; but also a great condiment and a wonderful addition to your cooking repertoire. This fabulous product is similar in taste to white wine, but a little sourer. We think it's a better replacement for wine in cooking recipes

Maple Brix Verjus

Sour and fruity pure premium Minus 8 grape musts are blended with the best Québec maple syrup.

Several varieties of premium Minus 8 grapes are hand-picked while they are unripe, and at several more stages throughout the ripening process. The grape juice blend that is made from these grapes is sour on the palate.

For balance to the sour notes, we use the sweetness of maple syrup. The best tasting (in our opinion) pure maple syrup from Québec was made for us. The maple syrup is blended with the Minus 8 grape juice to make Maple Brix Verjus. It does not contain any vinegar (acetic acid). Refrigerate Maple Brix after opening.

Tasting Notes
Appearance: Deep bright golden rose colour
Density: Moderate viscosity

Aromas: Slightly reserved and elegant on the nose, with enticing aromas of maple syrup, green mango, white peach, honey and notes of green coffee bean, mulberry and fresh herb (marjoram?).

Palate: Wow! While the nose pulls you in with its reserved aromas, the palate positively explodes like super sour candy. Initially sweet, with flavours of maple syrup, burnt sugar and maple candy; then shows a palate bracing edge of tangy acidy and notes of zingy citrus, green fruit and tart fresh sorrel.

As is the case with all of our hand-crafted line of verjus, this is an absolute treat and the perfect palate refresher when served lightly chilled. We leave up to the Chefs to figure out where to use this in the kitchen; however, we are told that it makes a great base for a sorbet, as an ingredient to finish sauces, or as a deglazing liquid.