Ice wine (some call it nectar of the gods) is a tricky thing though, full of risk and requiring more than a little luck. Of his 23 years at Chateau Chantal, Mark has harvested only 17 vintages of ...

For those of you who've never tried it, ice wine is SUPER sweet and syrupy. I was part of the mid-winter, late night harvest at Casa Larga Vineyards because they are a client.

Ice Wine is produced from grapes that are left on the vine past the usual harvesting window in an attempt to allow the mercury to dip low enough that the individual grapes begin to freeze.

The winery crew spent Tuesday morning harvesting ice wine grapes by hand. According to Chateau Chantal, the temperature needs ...

The process of making ice wine. It’s not an easy pick. Most harvests happen in the dead of night. “It must be -8°C to pick ...

Ice wine is one of the rarest wine styles and is extremely difficult to harvest. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Here is everything you need to know about this luscious, sweet wine ...

While most of Northeast Ohio was staying warm indoors during Winter Storm Elliott, some Grand River Valley vineyard workers were braving sub-zero temps to pick frozen grapes for the 2022 ice wine ...

Chateau Chantal to host Ice Wine Harvest Festival . Megan Huiskens, Josh Monroe. 01-24-2025 at 07:21:07 PM EST. Link Copied!

Courtyard Winery, along Lake Erie, is one of a handful of Pennsylvania producers that makes ice wine, including a white from Vidal Blanc grapes and a red from Noiret grapes.

The winery crew spent Tuesday morning harvesting ice wine grapes by hand. According to Chateau Chantal, the temperature needs to be below 18-degrees for 24 to 48 hours to freeze the grapes solid ...