Canadian Ice Wine

We tried to describe you the meaning of term Ice wine in another post. In this one, we want to focus on the best Ice Wine producers from Canada. Why? Because Canadian Ice Wine is probably the most famous over the world. Canada has ideal conditions for producing this kind of wines because of soon winter time. The most known winaries and wines are coming from Niagara region in Ontario and British Columbia. Most used grape varietes for Ice Wines are Vidal, a French cross, Riesling and Cabernet Franc.

Let's check what is Bruce Sanderson from Wine Spectator saying about Ice Wines: "Dessert wines, often rare and expensive, are unique wines and the most difficult to make; but when successful, they earn some of the highest ratings given by our editors. Enlisted to do a specific job in a specific situation, these luscious nectars are the special teams of the wine world. They accompany the dessert course, or even take its place and star on their own. Yet despite delivering high quality more often than not, dessert wines are generally misunderstood, underestimated or simply ignored."

Because it's a bit expensive to produce such wines, the price is a bit higher than usual. But what you got for your money is the most concentrated wine, with high residal sugar (about 200 grams/liter and more), very fruity and sweet like a honey. That's why this kind of wines always stay on the top of wineries production.

Some of the best Ice wine producers in Canada are:

Peller Estates - http://pellericewine.com/
Peller Estates Icewine was awarded the BEST ICEWINE TROPHY at the International Wine & Spirits Competition in London, UK for 2007.

Château de Charmes - http://www.chateaudescharmes.com/
Winery with long history which started in the Alsace region of France more than five generations ago.

Chateau Ste Michelle - http://www.ste-michelle.com/
Chateau Ste Michelle got the highest rating ever by Wine Spectator for a very limited ice wine.

Inniskillin - http://www.inniskillin.com/
This winery is settled in two regions - Niagara and the Okanagan and is producing the best Ice Wines in the World from both regions.