Blech, too sweet for my tastes. Bring forth the Penfolds!

good

why is this newsworthy? or farkworthy?

My cousin likes them to be rock hard too.

Sounds like a crock to me. Those damn Canadians are always trying to play tricks. Ice wine? It's like regular wine with ice in it, Hahahaaaa!!!01!!!@3

Yum, yum. But I sure hope those are Canadian dollars!

Not Bad....Still has a tendacy to be very sweet...Different Vintages all very in sweetness. From sicking sweet syrup flavor to a very pleasant sweetness with a real strong fruity over tone.

I should have been a wine taster for a living:(

And what does this have to do with the price of tea in China?

I don't know about that, it was close to 12C yesterday, and I'm a few hours from the motherlode of icewine grapes in Niagara... I don't know if the warm temperatures will wreck havoc with the grapes or not.

Like many other things, if it ain't Canadian, who gives a fark.

"They look good so far no rot or anything," said Karnail Sidhu, vineyard manager at Summerhill Estate, the largest icewine producer in the province


Well, that's a problem, Karnail. What about us that like rotwine. Who am I supposed to go for my rotwine production? The heady, cloying taste of rot? HMM?!

I am also a big fan of dirtwine and lettucewine.

Good news for me as I like Ice Wine a lot.
Only problem is that at $50+ dollars for what is a half bottle of wine, drinking this stuff casually is like putting down a $100 bottle of wine after dinner.
Hard to justify doing it to often.

I used to live near Summerhill. The owner is a flake. All the wine goes inside a giant pyramid to absorb cosmic energy or something. However, Summerhill wine sells well, so I guess he's a rich flake.

The last few years have been too warm during the peak grape-picking time, so the icewine crop hasn't been all it could be. This year looks a lot more promising. It should also have a smoky flavour, since this is the same area that had those massive forest fires this summer, forcing the evacuation of 30,000 people.

I'm lucky enough to have a friend who's a vintner, so I got to try some of the good stuff. Sort of like regular wine on steroids. NOT sweet, just awesomely powerful flavor and a kick like a mule. I was done after a small glass.....

glip
I don't know about that, it was close to 12C yesterday, and I'm a few hours from the motherlode of icewine grapes in Niagara

Who mentioned Niagara? The byline on the article said Kelowna , BC. Friends and family there tell me it's -12C and predicted to get colder.

cold winter in kelowna this year + cold winter next year = death of pine beetle population.

/fingers crossed

Most Icewine comes from Ontario, and the very term "Ice wine" is Canadian, like Champagne is French and Bourbon American.

Actually, if you're referring to the country this region is in, it's the southwest, not northwest. Or, if you're referring to the continent, it's more like "central-west".

farkers like to drink, therefor this article is farkworthy.

easy enough.

Bill Wick's Friend
cold winter in kelowna this year + cold winter next year = death of pine beetle population.

That portion of it that didn't roast in August.

JBalkwill

Uhh, I'm pretty sure the Germans have had Eiswein for centuries, probably since before Europeans had 'discovered' what is now Canada. Google for yourself......

gopher321 and fatassbastard are quite correct; ice wine is a German creation. However, the climate in Germany is now such that Eiswein can only be made very infrequently, and as such commands premium prices--if you think $50 CAD/bottle is expensive, then how 'bout $100 USD/bottle for Eiswein?

The Canadian climate currently allows for a more consistent harvest, and it's of very high quality. As a Canadian who enjoys the stuff, it's slightly disheartening that Canadian ice wine has been "discovered" by the rest of the world over the past five years. The price of a nice bottle has nearly doubled over a very short period of time.

It's beem unseasonably mild so far this winter in S Ont, only dipping -2 to -4C at night, nothing like -12C in the daytime at all, so I don't think we'll get much icewine this year.

Its hell for the ski resort operators, too.

My back yard should be rock hard this time. It's more like a swamp.

But, think of what I'm saving on heating fuel, and not having to scrape my car in the morning or shovelling snow!

Actually, I should head out to the liquor store and spring $80 for a bottle. It'll probably be worth at least double that next winter!

Day Old Dutchie
Its hell for the ski resort operators, too.

There's no ski resort in Ontario worthy of the name.

/BC snob

Its about 0C in Ontario now. No snow ATM and thats weird. big storm coming tonight tho! Get out yer shovels Canadians!

With temperatures below 18 degrees, I don't think adequately describes it...

Eiswein from Germany is only bottled in half bottles and tends to run around 150 a half. The TBA's and BA's (trockenbeerenauslese and beernauslese (spelling?)) can come in fifths but are easier to consume from halfs. The only reason most german wines are as expensive as they are is because short of Therry Thiese they aren't really imported with the volume that say french, or australian or even south american wines are imported. This leads to more expensive efforts through out the distribution chain. Try one by Dr. Loosen for around 10.99 (he makes several so don't just assume you are being gouged if you see a bottle with his name for more money) Or Hugel. If you want a great Eiswein from America, try Bonny Doon's Vin Du Glacire. It is farking beautiful and alot less money. Randall Graham is cooler than you

Have been drinking Ferdinand Peiroth eiswien from Germany for years. With apologies to i^2, I've just discovered a Canadian eiswein for about 2/3 the price. Quality is just as good.

Nice handle, btw, i^2. As a Farker you must be a real negative one? ba-dum-bump

I do enjoy a good Ice wine in small doses, but the heaviness of them doesn't do it for me.

My favorite Connecticut vineyard (Hopkins) occasionally makes eiswein from their Vidal stock. I bought a half-bottle of their 2002 this fall, and I'll give it a shot in a few years. I'm hoping it will be even better than their excellent late-harvest Vidal.

Definitely a wine to savor in small quantities, with the Christmas Pudding.

Neat. I'd never heard of ice wine, or eiswein, or whichever. Sounds interesting, though I probably couldn't afford it.

nothing beats this for wine

http://www.bcwine.com/somelikeithot.html

to good for words

No shiat, it is 4 degrees here in Wenatchee, Washington.

Bondith you didn't actually expect me to read the article did you?

You are mostly correct there, unknown. There are a couple producers who bottle .75Ls of eiswein (Karlsmuhle comes immediately to mind). Heh, you can get some Austrian TBAs in mags.

Loosen makes an eiswein for $11!? WOW! Or is that just a regular bottling? Selbach is another good, inexpensive producer of German wine and this is the time to drink German wines. 2001 was the best vintage ever in the nation, and 2002 is almost as good. (Although the '02s I've had are less balanced and pretty than that '01s which are utterly sublime at every pricepoint.)

*laughs* Good old Terry Theise. And Michael Skurnik. I love importers. *considers going off on a rant, but changes her mind and just shakes her head instead, biting her tongue*

I've seen some washingtonian eiswein in the 30-40 dollar range. And it's about 10 degrees in Kent right now. Shrinkage imminent. My nuts surrender.

I love icewine. My Canadian boyfriend introduced it to me a few years ago. You can also get it at some Long Island wineries. Mmmm. It's so sweet and yummy.