Archive for the 'riesling ice wine' Category

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. [...]

German Reisling Ice Wine

September 4th, 2008

A natural Ice Wine is only produced every few years, when vintners are able to harvest a small percentage of grapes at the first frost. Even under the best circumstances, an Ice Wine is harvested in extremely small quantities, if at all.
 

In 2004 Harald Rauen was able to produce a small quantity of Riesling [...]