i'm so craving for ice wine now.

had my first taste like a month back when my dad's neighbour brought some over for us to try. its so yummy. =9

i'm not really an alcoholic person. i dislike the 'siap' taste regardless if its red wine, white wine, liquor, beer, DOM, champagne and so on. but i do engage in social drinking because i very accomodating one ok. how can friends order "long island tea, champagne, lychee martini, beer" then i drink "coke" right? hur hur...

anyways, my 1st sip of the ice wine made me fell in love with it due to its sweetness! but its not really popular or well-known in singapore yet, maybe due to its more pricey price tag as compared to its sisters and brothers wines.

whenever i meet any of my alcoholic fanatics friends and ask them where i can get it, noone seems to even hear of it before.

me : ey, you know where got serve ice wine anot?
alcoholic girlfriend : ice wine? won't spoil meh? *thinking its some red or white wine put in the freezing compartment of the refrigerator to become ice first then serve it*
me : ._." its ok la.
alcoholic girlfriend : what?
me : nothing la. i find out liao then tell you ok. =)

i know they sell it in dfs (because neighbour bought it from there ma) but anyone knows if anywhere serves it? it would be nice to be able to chill out with some friends and enjoy the sweetness together.

why is it called ice wine?

Grapes are left on the vine well into the winter months. The resulting freezing and thawing of the grapes dehydrates the fruit, and concentrates the sugars, acids, and extracts in the berries, thereby intensifying the flavours and adding complexity to the wine made from it.

The grapes are painstakingly picked by hand in their natural frozen state, ideally at temperatures of -10 to -13 degrees celsius. Sometimes the picking must be done at night to take advantage of the temperature.

The frozen grapes are pressed in the extreme cold. The water in the juice remains frozen as ice crystals, and only a few drops of sweet concentrated juice is obtained. This juice is then fermented very slowly for several months, stopping naturally.

ooooooooo, its simply heavenly...