Canadian Icewine is a special wine, so what s so special about it?

Icewine originated in Germany and Canada, and the quality of the wine is not coarse, but it is the most expensive, and now it is generally drunk more in the United States.

As the national drink of Canada, icewine is known for its preciousness, and even in Europe, America and Canada, authentic icewine is an extremely valuable luxury wine. The most well-known in Canada are Pillitteri Winery, Inniskillin Winery, and Hillebrand Winery. Hillebrand was a pioneer in Ontario icewine production, and in 1983, they successfully produced icewine for the first time in Canada.

Vidal, Riesling and Gewurztraminer are the main grape varieties at the estate. Founded in Canada in 1975, one of the founders of Inniskillin was originally from Austria and provided valuable experience in the winery's ice wine production. In 1984, INNISKILLIN started the production of ice wine.

Today, Yunling Winery is one of the leading ice wine producers in Canada, and its consistent product quality has been recognized around the world. Pillitteri Winery is Canada's largest icewine producer and sales wine, with a global reputation for producing high-quality icewine. Founded in 1947 by the Logan family, the winery has a long history, and its highest-end brand, Kingsland, was produced on the land that was divided by the King of England in 1718.

Pillitteri Winery has some of the best vineyards in Canada, while controlling the quality of its products to the most authentic and exacting standards. As a result, Pillitteri has won more than 500 international and Canadian awards in various international wine tasting competitions. At present, the winery's high-end brand Kingsland Icewine has entered China, and at the 2012 Shanghai International Wine Challenge, the Pillitteri Winery and Kingsland brand, which came to China for the first time to participate in the tasting, won 8 awards, including "Best Icewine"; Among them, only the newly brewed Kingsland Icewine in 2011 won two silver, one bronze and three medals in the interview.

For Canadians, the Vintners Quality Alliance, or VQA (VQA), is like the AOC in France, DOC in Italy, and QMP in Germany, which are the guarantees of the highest quality of wine in various countries at present.

There are four wine-producing regions in Canada, namely Ontario, British Glumbia, Quebec and Nova Scotia, of which only Ontario (75% of national production) is the same as the province that meets the VQA standard.

It is not easy to make high-quality wine, in addition to the right climate, good land, local water quality, careful cultivation and selection, and even the enthusiasm of the winemaker, all of which can affect the value of a bottle of fine wine.

How can it be called a Canadian VQA?

In Canada, since 1989, the VQA standard for high quality has been divided into provincial regulations and viticulture regions.

Provincial regulations stipulate that in order to qualify as VQA, a wine must meet the following criteria:

100% Canadian grapes must be used, regardless of whether they are blended or varied.

Must be approved grapes.

At least 75% of grapes grown in the same province must be used.

All grape varieties need to have a certain level of sugar.

The wine-growing area must meet the following criteria:

Grapes must be grown in a designated province.

At least 85 percent of the grapes come from the areas indicated on the label.

In the case of improved varieties, 85 per cent of the wines must be made with the grape varieties indicated on the label, and the main characteristics of these varieties must be revealed.

In order to indicate on the roll that the wine has been bottled in the vineyard, it must be declared that the wine is home-made and self-sold, that all processes from production, bottling and sale are carried out in the vineyard and that the winery cannot be left before bottling.

All experts evaluate it from the point of view of high quality, and only vintners who meet the criteria are authorized to attach VQAs to their bottles. Therefore, when choosing a wine, choose a wine with the VQA logo, as it represents the best quality.

Eiswein is a qualit wine in the wine quality classificationTSWEIN rating and are subject to relevant laws and regulations. In Canada, the production and brewing of ice wine is regulated by the VQA (Vintners Quality Alliance).

Genuine Canadian Icewine must comply with VQA regulations to guarantee the quality of the product. One of the most important rules is that icewine must be produced using natural methods and must never be frozen by hand.

This makes it extremely difficult to make ice wine – the grapes must be well protected from drastic temperature changes; Moreover, since the grapes used to make ice wine are the last grapes left on the vine, people also have to think about preventing birds and beasts from stealing the grapes. The Niagara region of Ontario, Canada, is currently the most famous icewine region in the world.

LZ: As long as Canadian ice wine is distinguished by brand + grape variety + year + capacity, which region of ice wine must be from Ontario.

VQA is the only guarantee for Canadian origin icewines.

Ice wines are generally made from grapes with thick skins to avoid loss of yield due to skin breakage, and the grapes used are healthy and free of noble rot bacteria.

Generally, Wiedal, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc can be made into ice wine, and in Germany and Austria, there is also Green Wellin. Internationally, it is mainly Vidale that makes ice wine.

After the grapes are ripe, they are not picked, and when the cold winter comes, the water in the juice in the grapes evaporates through the skin and the root reflux is reduced, so the concentrated grape juice with high sugar content is formed, and it is picked and pressed at minus 8 degrees Celsius, so that the fermented sweet wine is ice wine.

Only the Canadian Niagara Peninsula and the German Alps can produce real ice wine in the world.

You think that if there is a difference, there is a difference, and you haven't compared how you know. It is said that foreign countries spend on kung fu, hehe, in fact, all countries in the world are the same, each with its own characteristics.