Archive for the 'canada ice wines' Category

Jackson-Triggs Vidal Ice Wine 2006

January 22nd, 2009

I love ice wine. I sip it after dinner as a dessert. I was delighted to find this wine at the reasonable price of $19.99. This wine earned the Wine Spectators score of 91 points. Wiford Wong rates it as a 90.
The ‘06 Jackson-Triggs Vidal Ice Wine has beeswax, orange peel and dried apricot notes [...]

Canadian Inniskillin Ice Wine Country

December 28th, 2008

Near the Canadian side of Niagara Falls in Ontario, one of the worlds famous ice wine winery of Niagrara -on-the-Lake Inniskillin Winery. This winery really put ice wine on the map. They were the first to recognize the grape friendliness of Ontario. The region has hot summers and cold winters was perfect for ice wine [...]

Can I carry alcohol on a plane that lands in the US?

August 13th, 2008

I am flying from Canada to Germany via Philadelphia. I would like to buy a bottle of ice cider and a bottle of ice wine for my friends. Is that legal? Can I put them in my suitcase if it's not a carry-on?
I called Air Canada but they are overloaded with calls because of weather [...]

What do you think of these places in Canada…?

August 13th, 2008

I'll be leaving to Canada tomorrow, and I was just wondering what do you think about all these places? I've never been to Canada before, and this will be my first time, and these will be some of the places I'll be going to while I'm there, so I was wondering how they are [...]

Does Sauternes have to be botrytised?

August 12th, 2008

In Canada, they can't call it ice wine unless strict temperature criteria are met throughout harvest and pressing. In a particularly bad vintage in Sauternes, if botryitis fails to occur, can the chateaux still sell their wines as AOC Sauternes?
Sauternes AC wines need to contain botrysised grapes. The extent of the botrytis and [...]

Canadian Ice Wine and Dessert Wine….OH CANADA! - Episode #90

August 8th, 2008

Today Gary attacks and talks about Canadian Ice wines and Dessert wines. Gary is blown away by the efforts from up North and asks a great little question. Please join in and ask Gary some questions and look for the fun and excitement in this episode!
Duration : 0:17:26

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Is it possible to have wine shipped to me from someone in Canada?

July 2nd, 2008

I saw some Iced Wine on the internet and would like to try it. Would my friend from Canada be able to ship that to me? I'm not sure if alcoholic beverages can be shipped.
Yes, the only difference is that is will have to pass through customs.
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