Monday, June 29, 2009

Ice Wine for Hot Weather

“Ice wine” is a dessert wine made from grapes that were frozen while they were still on the vines.

Since the water in the grapes freezes but the sugars and other dissolved solids don't, the result is a sweet and concentrated wine. There are also "non-natural" ice wines. This is defined when the grapes used for the wine are picked and frozen in a freezer. These are known as "icebox wines" or "iced wine" to give them a distinction from the original.

Typical grapes used for ice wine production are Riesling, Vidal, and Cabernet Franc.
So to make your summer sweeter, sip some ice!

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home

Blog Directory & Search engine blogarama - the blog directory blog search directory