ice wines

Cold-harvested sweet wines

Ice wine is wine made from grapes that have frozen on the vine before harvest.

The freezing concentrates sugars and acids, producing an intensely sweet dessert wine.

The grapes must be picked and pressed while still frozen, typically in predawn winter hours.

Germany and Canada are major producers: a glass of Canadian ice wine with dessert.

Also spelled as one word: icewine.

Related

sweetness · noble rot · cold climate · sommeliers · vintage · terroir · viticulture · Sauternes · winemaking traditions · grape harvest · luxuries · gourmets · oenology · Canada · Riesling · limestone hills · luxury resorts · vintners

Opposites
grape harvest temperature/conditions

ice winesvin santo

Tuscan wine from raisined grapes

Pedro Ximénez

wine sweetness/style

ice winesChablis

Burgundy's steely Chardonnay appellation

table wines · Sancerre · dry sherry · Sauvignon Blanc

wine production specialization

ice winestable wines

Everyday drinking vintages

box wines · house wines

Family

ice, wine, iced, ices, icing, icier, iciest, wines, wined

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G