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The history of ice wine
Ice wine has a long history. Since it was discovered unintentionally in Europe 200 years ago, the brewing of ice wine began to spread. At that time, the vineyards in Germany suffered sudden freezing damage. In order to recover the loss, the winemaker squeezed the frozen grapes and fermented the wine according to the traditional method. To his surprise, he found that the result was a wine with a balanced proportion of sweet and sour, as sweet as honey, and named it iced wine. The brewing technology of ice wine was brought to Canada by German immigrants. After further improvement by local people, the brewed wine is more unique and mellow. Its varieties mainly include iced white wine and iced red wine. Among them, the color of chilled liquor is transparent golden yellow, which is known as "liquid gold"; Give off the fragrance of honey and fruit; Sweet and mellow, fresh and delicious, it is a green food for people who pay attention to health. The best drinking temperature is refrigerated to 4~8℃.