The best description of how Iced Wine Tastes?

[exquisitegyal]

I hear so many great reviews about Iced Wines (Not to be mistaken with Chilled Wine from a fridge). I want to know exactly how it tastes before I go out and purchase an expensive one. I heard the pricier the better tasting.

One of the main reasons I want to know is because I personally do not like the taste of regular white or red wine. I was hoping Iced Wine is sweeter, more like champagne.. or that IS what I've been hearing about it anyway.

Anyone who tried it.. please describe the taste the best way... and I'll be glad to give you 10 points! Thanks.

[Biancoa]

The first Ice Wine that I tried was Inniskillin a winery in Canada. (http://www.inniskillin.com/en/ice/index.asp?location=ice)

That was the best wine!!! Ice wine usually drank as a dessert because it is so sweet. When you swril the wine in the glass, it coats the glass because it is sort of surpy. It's thicker then normal wine.

If you don't want to splurge on Ice Wine, you can look for a good "Dessert Wine"

I found out that Ice Wines started in Germany. I lived in Germany for two years, and it was so easy to find a good ice wine for about $25 dollars. In the states, you will be paying a little bit more.

Hmmmmm good!

[sa-da-tay]

i've tried iced wine and hated it. it had brandy in it and tasted like cheese

[ahi_tuna_extra_rare]

Ice wine is not just sweet from staying on the vine longer; it is sweeter and more concentrated in flavor because the water in the grapes freezes and is separated from grapes in the harvesting, leaving very concentrated juice behind for making the wine. But the process is expensive, since harvesting is difficult and frozen grapes make much less wine. Much inexpensive ice wine is therefore horrible, but the best (try Inniskillin or Bonny Doon) is sublime; not just sweet, but many, many layers of honey, tart fruits and stonefruit flavors that last in your mouth forever with each sip. Similar to ice wine, and easier to find, are Botrytis Semillon's try Noble One from Australia, Sauternes from France or BA's and more expensive TBA's from Germany.

[dr_quatto]

Well, I have had ice wines and they are very good indeed. Ice wine is so named because the graped are left on the vine and harvested after the 1st cold snap. The root dumps a ton of sugar to the grapes, trying to keep them alive. It gives the wine a unique taste. I personally liken it to a mead, rather sweet but not bubbly like a Champagne.

Most wine thougn, has sugar added to make it sweet and most ice wines are the same way. They had sugar added to make them sweeter.

It's worth trying once. If your in the ohio area, I recommend Firelands Ice Wine.

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[dworld_1999]

Ice wine is made from the very last of the grapes harvested. They hurry to ripen, to be found still on the vine after the first frost. The grapes shiver in the wind and cold, waiting for the last pickers to come find them else they wither and die. They carry this icy encounter through to the bottle, sweet and soft across the tongue. It's as if that brush with death carries them to the peak of flavor, the sugars condensed and juice ripened.

I'm not a huge wine drinker. But I have had ice wine and it is luscious. I sincerely hope you will try some. BTW, have you looked for any local vineyards in your area? Most will gladly do samples when you drop in for a visit. Some offer lovely discounts for visitors! Specially if you round up some friends to go with you; you can get a volume discount if you share the cost of a case for a particular wine you all agree on...

You will definately find local vineyards that produce ice wine in Ohio and Western New York state.

Cheers & good luck!

[b4_999]

Sweeter for sure and if memory serves correctly a little more viscous. I had a wonderful bottle from the Hildebrandt Winery in Ontario On The Lake, Canada.

[ansh]

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