ice wine

American

noun

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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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 • Oct. 23, 2022

Casa Larga Vineyards in Fairport, near Rochester, is hosting a state ice wine festival next month.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2022

Climate change is making it difficult to harvest ice wine in Germany and Austria, where the technique was born.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

Finally, we try ice wine, made from frozen grapes harvested in the harsh Moldovan winter.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2016

Perfect conditions, the winemaker Shiraz Mottiar declares, for picking the frozen grapes that he will soon transform into Canada’s specialty, ice wine, for his employer, Malivoire Wine Company.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2010

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