本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Ice Wines in LCBO are made from frozen grapes and they are fairly expensive not because a lot of people love it, but because of the high cost of producing it (low yield and labor, I mean those frozen grapes have to be pick under minus 8 by hand!) . Some body here has mentioned "late harvest", which is less sweet and lacking aromas in comparing to ice wines. Strictly speaking, "Late Harvest" is not ice wine either, and they are sold at around $20 in LCBO. Ice Wine made frozen grapes are garanteed high quality? Not true.
Ice Wine made in wine shops are always low quality? Not true again. Ice Wine made in wine shops are from regular grapes. Wine makers have to use special brewing techniques to emulate those made from frozen grapes. If you handle it well, you could make wonderful ice wines. The problem is there is a wide variance in quality among wine shops. We call ice wine made in wine shops as "ice wine style". There is no "real and bogus" ice wine here. There is nothing shameful to give your friends a bottle of "ice wine style". I have tasted "real" ice wine priced from $30 to $50 in LCBO. I could confidently tell you "ice wine style" can represent bueatiful features of Canadian ice wine. You might not believe this, here is my challenge: buy two bottles of ice wine in LCBO and make one batch of ice wine in my shop and we do a blind tasting. If you can tell what is what, that batch of ice wine is my gift.
Now, what I don't understand is why should you spend $30 to $50 dollars to buy one bottle of ice wine instead of making a batch of good ice wine. Ice wine in LCBO is more "real" in your perception? Then take my challenge. Let's find out what you have said is true. ^_^
Here is my contact information:
Eric Wang
Wine Kitz
895 Lawrence Ave. E. (Don Mills and Lawrence)
Tell: 416-3831284
Cell: 416-3129126更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
Ice Wine made in wine shops are always low quality? Not true again. Ice Wine made in wine shops are from regular grapes. Wine makers have to use special brewing techniques to emulate those made from frozen grapes. If you handle it well, you could make wonderful ice wines. The problem is there is a wide variance in quality among wine shops. We call ice wine made in wine shops as "ice wine style". There is no "real and bogus" ice wine here. There is nothing shameful to give your friends a bottle of "ice wine style". I have tasted "real" ice wine priced from $30 to $50 in LCBO. I could confidently tell you "ice wine style" can represent bueatiful features of Canadian ice wine. You might not believe this, here is my challenge: buy two bottles of ice wine in LCBO and make one batch of ice wine in my shop and we do a blind tasting. If you can tell what is what, that batch of ice wine is my gift.
Now, what I don't understand is why should you spend $30 to $50 dollars to buy one bottle of ice wine instead of making a batch of good ice wine. Ice wine in LCBO is more "real" in your perception? Then take my challenge. Let's find out what you have said is true. ^_^
Here is my contact information:
Eric Wang
Wine Kitz
895 Lawrence Ave. E. (Don Mills and Lawrence)
Tell: 416-3831284
Cell: 416-3129126更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net