Vin de Glaciere

Icewine is usually made from grapes naturally frozen on the vine into the dead of winter. The berries freeze up like marbles. When pressed, an unctuous nectar is produced from the frozen, concentrated fruit juice, leaving the frozen water behind. This can only be produced in regions with cold enough winters. However, other parts of the world with milder winters create a style of icewine known as “Vin de Glaciere”. In this case, late harvest grapes are put into a freezer to solidify the grapes like marbles and then the pressing takes place. The resulting wine is very rich and sweet, but not as good as real icewine. In fact, real icewine producers frown on this method of production saying it’s a weak imitation.