ice wine

American  

noun

1. any white dessert wine produced from grapes that are kept on the vine until the first deep frost and typically pressed while still frozen.

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Example Sentences

Every March for the past 22 years, the Wine Growers of the Grand River Valley have hosted an Ice Wine Festival about 45 minutes from Cleveland.

From Salon

Ice wine is made from grapes that freeze on the vine and are pressed while still frozen, creating a sweet, almost syrupy dessert wine.

From Salon

Each winery will offer you a selection of wine samples, including the Niagara region's famous ice wine, fruit wines and of course, white and red wine.

From Salon

The frost had come at the ideal moment, and the old German vintner could now, if he were lucky, reap a harvest worth far more than the ordinary yield of table wine and known as Eiswein, or, as the English call it, ice wine.

From Seattle Times

It was said the Romans first produced ice wine in Italy, but the German vintner found it hard to believe Italy ever got cold enough to freeze the grapes.

From Seattle Times