Icewine
The frozen harvest: icewine — grapes (Vidal, Riesling) left to freeze on the vine in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula (and BC's Okanagan), pressed while frozen into one of the world's great sweet wines; Canada is its largest producer.
What it is
The frozen harvest: icewine — grapes (Vidal, Riesling) left to freeze on the vine in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula (and BC's Okanagan), pressed while frozen into one of the world's great sweet wines; Canada is its largest producer. Origins: icewine is German (Eiswein) by birth, but Niagara's reliable hard winters made it Canada's signature from the 1980s (Inniskillin's 1989 Vidal won global fame in 1991). Made from: frozen grapes, pressed to a trickle of concentrated juice, fermented slowly. How it's made: 1) Net the grapes and wait for −8°C or colder. 2) Pick and press in the cold (often at night). 3) Ferment months; bottle the gold. Served: chilled in small glasses, alone as dessert. Flavor: apricot, honey, tropical intensity with electric acidity. Strength: 9-12%. Culture: the icewine harvest is a winter festival — pickers with headlamps at 3 a.m. See also: Canadian Whisky, Canadian Craft Beer.
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