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Subject: [Leica] Totally OT: Canadian ice wine
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri Oct 28 21:27:43 2005
References: <E1EVb3e-0003tJ-00@app2.nasc.inter.net>

Ice wine is made by leaving the grapes on the vine until winter. In 
Germany they are usually picked in January. The great risk is that if 
frost does not arrive, then the grapes will just rot on the vine and be 
useless. From that point of view, Canadian climate is much more reliable :-)

Nathan

mcintyre@ca.inter.net wrote:

> When it snows 10 months of the year (OK, maybe 6...) things like icewine 
> seem a natural
> solution. 
> Unless of course, you live in lotus land (Canuck speak for British 
> Columbtia) basking in
> semitropical 
> weather. But I noticed they weren't serving ice-wine at the Senator's 
> hockey game last
> night. Maybe 
> somethings just don't mix well.
> 
> But seriously, it is good. Apparently not easy to make either. I think 
> there is a very
> narrow temperture 
> band for freezing the grapes just right.  
> 
> jm
> 
> 
>>Since this is a list of ladies and gentlemen with discerning tastes in 
>>booze, and since we have a fair number of Canadian patriots, I thought 
>>this might be of interest. Recently a friend brought us a bottle of ice 
>>wine from Canada (Niagara). Now, I have had Ch. d'Yquem, and various 
>>other sweet wines (including Eiswein from the Mosel valley), but this 
>>wine was simply fantastic. It is not cheap, but then again, no proper 
>>ice wine is cheap. Have a look here, order a bottle or two, and enjoy:
>>http://www.lakeviewcellars.ca/2001VidalIcewine.html
>>
>>Nathan
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>>Nathan Wajsman
>>Almere, The Netherlands
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>>
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Nathan Wajsman
Almere, The Netherlands

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