Ice Wines 3: Serving Ice Wine
I hope you’ve been enjoying this series on ice wine, one of the more decadent options out there. If you missed Parts 1 and Part 2, check them out first. In this last, the third post, we will be exploring food pairings for ice wine. Ice Wine Is Sweet; The Food Shouldn’t Be The primary rule to follow is to ensure that ice wine, which is going to already be quite sweet, is not sweeter than the food you are serving. Ice wines work especially well with salty dishes; the sweetness softens...
Read MoreIce Wines 2: How Ice Wine Is Made
Welcome to the second post in our three-part blog series on ice wine. Now that we know where ice wine comes from, we should figure out how, exactly, ice wine is made. It is certainly more complicated than simply forgetting grapes out in the wintertime; it requires careful preparation under specific conditions. Let’s take a look at them. First, the grapes must be picked from the vine when they are naturally frozen, and then taken to the press in a continuous process...
Read MoreIcewine 1: The History Of Ice Wine
Recently I have had a lot of people asking me about ice wine(s.) How it is made, where it comes from, and what, if any, rules or regulations apply to this exquisite winter-time wine. So, in response I thought I would explore the wonderful and frozen world of ice wines in this, the first blog post in an upcoming 3-part blog series. Where Did Ice Wine Come From? Like many inventions, ice wine was originally discovered in Germany, somewhere between the late 1800’s to the early...
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