Fine Wines From All Over The World

31 Days to Celebrate Lobster this July www.torontolobsterfestival.com as maritime lobster www.MaritimeLobster.ca takes center stage at various tasting events which will surely excite the lobster connoisseur or seafood lover looking for something truly unique. There is nothing more amazing than enjoying Canadian Grade A Maritime Lobster recipes while enjoying the most beautiful Toronto city views on the luxury floating venue, the Empress of Canada www.empressofcanada.com. This festival was not meant for the street it was born to live on the water!
Joining us on the show today where the world is definitely their lobster proprietor Tyler Murphy and Louise Artichuk-Murphy Branding and Events Manager Maritime Lobster. www.maritimelobster.ca. All aboard as Brian Hall proprietor Empress of Canada, the floating lobfest venue also shares his passion for the water. Also Executive Chef David Penny showcases his talent and the allure of the lobster while be paired with the award winning wines of Inniskillin winery www.inniskillin.com .

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The Ice Queen Cocktail is another ice wine recipe utilizing a bit of vodka, cointreau and pineapple juice to kick it up a few notches. We’ll be using Jackson-Triggs Vidal ice wine for this recipe.

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Gary Vaynerchuk is joined by the Nadeau brothers to talk about wine and hockey.

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Gary Vaynerchuk is joined by the Nadeau brothers to talk about wine and hockey.

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Becky from Hunt Country Vineyards explains how to make Icewine and shares some dessert suggestions.

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Ice wine and hot wings? That sounds like a poor combination. This episode Jase and Chris will be giving us some helpful hints and suggestions pairing your wine with the foods you love.

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i like fruity drinks. How many of each, or mixed in a row would i have to drink in order to get drunk ?

Drunk = 6
Feel A OK = 3

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Took a trip to Niagara Falls and NOTL to drink some ice wine

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This is a very sweet white wine that is very expensive! Made from grapes under special conitions,a real treat for some one who loves wine!

The sugars and other dissolved solids do not freeze, but the water does, so the result is a concentrated, often very sweet wine. In the case of ice wines, the freezing happens before the fermentation, not afterwards. Unlike the grapes from which other dessert wines are made, ice wine grapes should not be affected by Botrytis cinerea or noble rot. Only healthy grapes keep in good shape until the opportunity for ice wine harvest, which may be in the next calendar year. This gives ice wine its characteristic refreshing sweetness balanced by high acidity. When the grapes are free of Botrytis, they are said to come in "clean".

The most famous (and expensive) ice wines are German Eiswein and Canadian ice wine. It is also made in the United States, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic,Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Australia, France, New Zealand and Israel in smaller quantity.

Although Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Inniskillin is traditionally considered the largest producer in term of volume, many smaller New World wineries in the Niagara Region have made their presence known with high quality products that have won awards around the world.

Natural ice wines require a hard freeze (by law in Canada a minimum of −8 °C (17 °F) and in Germany a minimum of −7 °C (19 °F)) to occur sometime after the grapes are ripe, which means that the grapes may hang on the vine for several months following the normal harvest. If a freeze does not come quickly enough, the grapes may rot and the crop will be lost. If the freeze is too severe, no juice can be extracted. Vineland Winery in Ontario once broke their pneumatic press in the 1990s while pressing the frozen grapes because they were too hard (the temperature was close to −20 °C. The fruit must be pressed while it is still frozen.

The high sugar level in the must leads to a slower than normal fermentation. It may take months to complete the fermentation (compared to days or weeks for regular wines) and special strains of yeasts should be used. Because of the lower yield of grape musts and the difficulty of processing, ice wines are significantly more expensive.

I know that ice is not generally served with most wines. Are there exceptions? What is ice wine?

Generally grapes are harvested in september, early october -
the concentration of sugar depending on sun enbles to make
weak or strong wines, alkohol being considered

But EISWEIN which is very close to late vintage is produced from grapes which are, on purpose, gathered very late -
Why ? because 1° this enables the development of bothrytis
which is a good fungus, and second enables to get more sugar since grapes react to first morning freezes by an increased production of defensive sugar -
So when on the very last days of november in Germany, and France you harvest the grapes they are poor in water and rich in sugar – the result is high grade of alkohol and sweetness – and very high prices due to the small quantities available -

Now the other question : It is unusual to put icecubs in wine but of course why not, mainly if wine is cheap ??? I would use icecubs in rosé wines, at the very limit -
Otherwise put wine in the fridge is not criminal – even red wine if you just chill it a little bit mainly when the weather is hot.

That’s all – thank u -