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    There are indications that frozen grapes were used to make wine in Roman times. Pliny the Elder (AD 23 – 79) wrote that … See more

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    • Icewine (or ice wine; German: Eiswein) is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine. The sugars and other dissolved solids do not freeze, but the water does, allowing for a more concentrated grape juice to develop. The grapes' must is then pressed from the frozen grapes, resulting in a smaller amount of m… See more

    Ice wine producers

    In contrast to most other wine-producing regions, Canada, particularly the Niagara Peninsula, consistently undergoes freezing in winter and has become the world's largest icewine producer. As a result, Canada pr… See more

    Production

    Natural icewines require a hard freeze (by law in Canada −8 °C (18 °F)) or colder, and in Germany −7 °C (19 °F) or colder), to occur sometime after the grapes are ripe, which means that the grapes may hang on the … See more

    Grape varieties

    Typical grapes used for icewine production are Riesling, considered to be the noblest variety by German winemakers; Vidal, highly popular in Ontario, Canada; and the red grape Cabernet Franc. Many vintners, especially f… See more

    Characteristics

    Even though it is normal for residual sugar content in icewine to run from 180 g/L up to as high as 320 g/L (with a mean in the 220 g/L range), icewine is very refreshing (as opposed to cloying) due to high acidity. (The titrata… See more

    See also

    • Bletting – Process of softening that certain fleshy fruits undergo, beyond ripening
    • Fractional freezing – Separating components of a mixture by their melting points… See more

    Further reading

    • Cole, Trevor (27 March 2013). "Asia's favourite Canadian export". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2013-03-30. See more

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