If
you leave grapes on the vine after the regular harvest and pick them later, you
end up with “late harvest wine”. By leaving the grapes on the vine longer, the
sugar content increases so the finished wine is sweeter. However, by doing
this, producers run the risk of losing some fruit to frost and marauding
animals, so late harvest wines tend to be pricier as they’re more work to
create. The ultimate late harvest wine is Icewine, which is extremely sweet and
expensive. Regular late harvest wines are usually medium-to-medium sweet, more reasonably
priced and sport flavours of honey and fresh fruit. Great on their own, they’re
divine with fruit-based desserts, cookies and veiny cheeses. Got to love them!
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