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What is Ice
Wine?
Wine Made from Ice, Of Course!
Although there are several types of wine, one of the least
common is ice wine. Ice wine is very rare. It is a wine that
has been produced under very specific weather conditions.
Ice wine is mainly produced in the Pacific Northwest region,
where the weather conditions are what the wine needs.
Ironically, ice wine is produced in very small quantities.
With ice wine being of the finest quality, as well as being
hard to come by, this product is extremely rare indeed.
Truth be known, there are only a lucky few who are actually
able to purchase the wine.
Ice wine, due to its scarcity, is extremely expensive and more
than most of us can afford.
Similar to owning a precious diamond, ice wine is something
that most of us can only hope to experience at some point in
our lives. Although the ingredients are rare, the weather
conditions are the most essential factor in producing this
wine.
The weather conditions must be right, only then the wine maker
can produce this extremely rare and priceless wine.
The basic ingredients needed to produce ice wine are perfectly
ripened grapes and a temperature of around 5 degrees Celsius.
The temperature needs to sit at 5 degrees Celsius for several
days, so the wine maker can produce the perfect ice wine.
Grapes, frozen by these extremely cold temperatures, are hand
plucked at the vineyard in the dead of night by the wine maker
and his assistants.
To produce a bottle of ice wine, full vine grapes are
required. Once the grapes have been collected, they are gently
pressed, in order to collect the running juice only, without
the pulps or skins.
The frigid temperatures create ice within the grapes, which is
fermented along with sugars and the flavors found in the
freshly pressed juices.
By this process alone, a wonderful and rare ice wine is
created.
If you are keen to try ice wine, you may be searching for some
time.
You may already know most average liquor store doesn’t sell
this rare wine. Finding it over the Internet is also very
difficult, unless you get lucky.
Even, if you are able to find it, it can easily cost you
hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single bottle.
If you do decide to don your Sherlock Holmes hat, and scour
the Internet for Ice wine, try looking on Business-to-business
e-commerce directories.
Also, try typing “ice wine” into an Internet search engine to
see if you find any relevant interest groups or blogs relating
to ice wine. Just remember, if you do find a legitimate source
of ice wine, all your hard work will have paid off.
To experience ice wine, find the appropriate wine maker in the
Pacific Northwest region.
Although bottles of ice wine sell extremely fast after being
made, you may be able to find a wine maker with some on hand,
if you’re lucky. Be prepared to spend a hefty amount though.
Although it can cost a lot and be extremely hard to find, it
is worth every drop. |
