Asparagus wine?   Todd & Kellie Fox say people are buying it.

(marionstar.com) "It has a mild asparagus aroma and flavor with a little hint of sweetness," says Kellie Fox of the Fox Barn Market & Winery in Shelby, near Pentwater. "And it is really clear."

Admitting that asparagus wine sounds, well, pretty awful, Fox says it all started when her husband, Todd Fox, gave her a challenge.

"He twisted my arm. He brought home a tub of mashed asparagus and said, 'Do something with this.' So I added water and sugar and yeast, and it started fermenting.

Here's the scoop

http://www.marionstar.com/article/C4/20110327/NEWS06/103270487/0/OPINION01/Asparagus-wine-Why-not-Michigan-producers-say?odyssey=nav|head

More From 99.9 KTDY