Archive for the 'icewine' 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 [...]

Nelson Family Vineyards 2003 Ice Riesling

October 28th, 2008

I attended the Hopland, CA Wine Passport Weekend. On thee list of winery is a small family winery run by the Nelson Family. All of their grapes are estate grown. All of their wine is produced in small batches to ensure the highest quality wine. I had the opportunity to taste their 2003 Ice Riesling. [...]

Eiswein Germany’s Ice Wine

September 21st, 2008

Eiswein is a rich, savory dessert wine that is made by picking grapes that are frozen on the vine, then pressing them before they thaw. Because much of the water in the grapes is frozen, the end result of the juice is converged rich in flavor and high in sugar and acid. Ice wines are [...]