Icy Splendor

If "ice wine" makes you think of putting a cube in your glass, think again
Bruce Sanderson
Posted: February 18, 2002

Ice wine is a rare dessert nectar, subject to the vagaries of Mother Nature. In order to make it, the grapes must be naturally frozen on the vine, harvested and pressed under temperatures of about minus 8 or 9 degrees Celsius.

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