01-05-2012, 11:05 AM
Pokes28 Wrote:Yeah Ice Wine is a really cool concept. They let the grapes grow all through the season and then they pick them during the first full freeze. That way the grapes get to keep producing sugars up to the last moment.Not always the case... since the wine is sweet it still has tons of sugar. For the alcohol to be created it needs to convert the sugar. Since these wines are sweet, there is tons of residual sugar left behind and low(er) in alcohol.
What is produced is generally a sweet wine with a very high alcohol content.