The Wine Fact Center

Ice wine is a sweet dessert wine with a medium to full body.It has been referred to  as  a Summer time nectar. Those who have been fortunate enough to taste ice wine say that it has tropical overtones and bouquet. It also tends to have a slightly lower alcohol content than other table wines. Ice wine, with its sweetness is balanced by acidic levels that are higher which keep it from being to overwelmingly sweet. These wines are decadent and used for a very exclusive occasion.

Many people use ice wine  as a dessert, they go so far as to drizzle it over raspberries and pound cake and then add a bit of  whipped cream.  I have been told  that  some people  drizzle it over their desired fruit  such as cantalope. Be prepared though,  some people say Ice wine is so sweet that they only have a  tiny glass of it as an after dinner dessert, it is just too sweet to mix it with chocolate, It depends on how much lasting sugar the wine has. In researching this, I have found the left over sugar content to be anywhere from 3 to 12%. 12% being almost intolerably sweet. Ice wine can be  quite syrupy as the water has frozen in the grapes and the juice hard-pressed from the grapes is very concentrated in both flavor and sugar, It very much depends on the origin of the ice-wine.Ice wine from Canada can be very rich, while ice wine from Germany can be very acidic,.In some countries, by law, a hard freeze is required for a wine to be called Ice Wine. In Canada that is −8C (17F) and in Germany −7C (19F).

Ice wine is also known to be used in cooking, it is an ingredient used in desserts or even in a recipe for making French toast.

Vidal Ice wine:-This shimmery golden yellow wine has a mesmerizing aroma of lemon marmalade, caramelized oranges, peaches, pineapple and a touch of honey. The taste of this incredible Vidal ice wine carries a strong flavor of honey, lemon, star fruit, quince and brown sugar and end with a crisp mouth feel. The supreme quality Vidal Blanc Icewine makes an outstanding combination with high fat or spicy foods.

 Ice wine is created in small quantities only  and  only the best of quality, so it is understandable that it would be  quite costly. Ice wine can range anywhere from 50 dollars on up to around 100 dollars a bottle. If you desire the real genuine thing in Germany, it will cost you roughly around 80 dollars

The folklore of Ice wine suggests that its initial production in 18th century Germany was accidental. away on business at harvest time, a German vineyard owner came home to a frozen vineyard. He harvested and processed the grapes anyway and what was  called Winter Wine back then, became the unique  ice wine today.       What a fantastic accident.