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Question: I like Ice Wine. How is the vintage 2023 looking?
Answer: A lot of us adore that concentrated sweet treasure called Ice Wine (or Eiswein) made from grapes frozen on the vine in Canada at a minimum -8C (-7C in Germany) & 35 Brix. News continues to be not good. Volumes everywhere are down considerably the last 5 years due to frost, hail, short crops and mother nature providing milder winters. Still possible to pick in January & February of 2024 for some 2023 crop but the last larger production in Ontario was 2018. Remember Reif Estate Winery picking some 2020 on January 29, 2021. Germany had a few producers pick on December 3 & 4, 2023 at -7C but generally it is another short year again. Already expensive it may contribute to lower supply volumes and even higher prices.
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