It is usually produced in very small quantities. With the wine requiring only the finest of quality and a lack of availability, the product is extremely rare indeed. Becuase of the scarce ingredients, it is extremely expensive and out of the price range for majority of us. Please do not confuse this with the artificially freezer produced one.



Just like the beauty of owning a diamond, original ice wine is something that many of us hope and dream to experience at some point in our lives. As soon as the right weather conditions arrive, the maker prepares to produce this extremely rare and priceless product.

The main ingredients needed to produce ice wine are fully ripened grapes and a temperature of around 5 degrees C. After collecting the grapes, they are gently pressed, in order to collect the running juice only.

Pressing the grapes while frozen leaves most of their water content in the press as ice pellets, with only the sweetest nectar-like juice gushing into the fermentation tank. The result is a sappy, honey-rich, fragrant wine that has to be tasted to be believed.

The other category of more affordable ice wine is made by simply freezing the grapes in the freezer, rather than waiting for mother nature to do her thing naturally in the vineyard. These can be tasty too, though not quite the same as the naturally-frozen ones.

If you have been looking to try ice wine, finding one may be very difficult. Most Alcohol stores don't sell this rare wine. Finding the original ice wine online is very hard to do as well, unless you catch it at the right time.

The best chance to experience ice wine is to find the right wine maker in the Pacific Northwest region. Most bottles of original ice wine are pre-ordered but you may be able to find a maker with some bottles on hand. Be ready to spend a considerable amount though. Yes, it can cost a lot and be extremely hard to find -the taste of ice wine makes it well worth the effort.