Icewine Eiswein

Question 1

what is Icewine?

Answer 1

• Frozen grapes picked at temperatures of around -7.
• The grapes with high sugar levels dont freeze.
• In the crush only the sweet berries are crushed. the ones with low sugar level remain frozen due to the water content and can’t be crushed.
• Leaves the concentrated high sugar and acid juce for vinification.

Question 2

Risks for Icewine industry?

Answer 2

• Global warming meaning that wine is produced in smaller quantities and not every year.
• Bogus copies in China blending fruit concentrate and honey leading to drop in sales.
• Lengthy, costly priocesses resulting in high prices.

Question 3

Icewine in Germany is called?

Answer 3

Eiswein

Question 4

Sugar content in German wine is called?

Answer 4

Oechsle

Question 5

what is the Oechsle level for Eiswein?

Answer 5

Same as for Beerenauslese 110 -128 degrees.

Question 6

Differences between Eiswein and Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese?

Answer 6

No rot

No machine harvesting.

Question 7

Of interest in picking conditions for Eiswein

Answer 7

Grapes may only be harvested after temperatures have been lower than -8 for 6-8 hours.

Question 8

What is Eiswein called in Canada?

Answer 8

Icewine

Question 9

Tell a little about Canadian Icewine.

Answer 9

Canada’s speciality.

Harvested and pressed at night.

Produces most in the world.

Question 10

Grapes used in Canadian Icewine are?

Answer 10

1. Riesling
2. Vidal Blanc
3. Cabernet Franc

Question 11

3 Canadian producers?

Answer 11

1. Inninskillin
2. Henry of Pelham
3. Konzelmann