Ice wine is being produced in many areas these days, some by nature but many are being made by picking the grapes and freezing them, then producing the wine.True icewines or eiswein as there are really called come from germany. the grapes are aloud to hang on the vines into mid winter. They are Gathered early morning while frozen solid and then pressed. it is the water content of the grape that freezes, so the juice seperated from the ice is concentrated in sugar, acid and intense flavor and has great ageing potential. also can fetch the same high prices of a trockenbeerenausleses, considered the finist of all the German wines |