Tree Spirits Winery & Distillery

Specialties

We specialize in making locally sourced maple syrup, apple and pear cider into award-​winning wines and distilled spirits. Our products include still, sparkling and fortified wines, brandies, and Absinthe.

History

Established in 2011.

A winemaker since 1997, Bruce Olson won two medals for his apple wines in 2009, when they were named the best fruit wines at the Maine Vinfest, hosted by the Cellar Door Winery. At about this time, Bruce and Steve Buchsbaum started experimenting with distillation of Bruce’s apple wine. They then tried distillation of Bruce’s unique maple wine which resulted in Knotted Maple, an 80 proof spirit unlike any other we know about.

In the past three years, Tree Spirits has won two Double Gold medals, two Silver medals and one Bronze for the 5 products entered in either the San Francisco or New York International Spirits competitions.

Bruce and his partner Karen Heck bought Steve out in the fall of 2012 and added Sparkling Pear and Apple Picnic wines, a fortified Maple wine called Maple Storm and Absinthe to their offerings.

The Tree Spirits venture is beginning to take away all their free time. Good thing sailing season is over.

Meet the Business Owner

Bruce O.

Business Owner

A liberal arts degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine has led to all sorts of careers for Bruce including carpenter, contractor, sheep farmer, ballroom dance studio owner, and wine maker and distiller. After building his own 26′ trimaran and buying a building to house it, he decided to use the extra space in the building to make his own wine The rest is history.

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