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__Ice Wine __

"The most notable dessert wine in Germany is their German ice wine or **“eiswein”**, made from grapes that have frozen on the vine. Since most of the moisture from these grapes is left behind as ice, **eiswein** grapes yield a very heavy concentration of sweetness and acidity. This sweet German dessert wine will typically be very clear and crisp.

Legend has it the first **eiswein** was produced in Germany in 1794 when a vineyard owner accidentally left his grapes too long on the vine. When his staff decided to pick and process the grapes anyway, the result was **eiswein**. At the time it was called “winter wine” and it remained Germany’s secret until 1962.

The most common type of **eiswein** in Germany is produced from the Riesling grape. Some ice wine from Germany have an alcohol content as low as 6%. There is much debate over whether ice wines improve with age. Even though Germany began the **eiswein** tradition, [|Canada] is now the largest producer of ice wines worldwide. The largest importer is Asia."
 * Eiswein** may not be produced every year as the winters must be cold enough for the grapes to freeze. Natural ice wine requires the temperature in Germany to be a minimum of −7 °C (19 °F).

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Source [|German Ice Wine]

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