![]() The initial production consisted of white and red table wines, but another significant development started a few years later. The first ice wine produced by Inniskillin, a 1984 Vidal, was in fact labelled "Eiswein". An existing 1920s barn, thought to have been inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was restored for the winery's use, and has become something of a landmark. In 1978, Inniskillin moved to its present location on the Brae Burn Estate. vinifera vines to yield grapes, they produced some wine from hybrid grapes. The company Inniskillin Wines was formally incorporated on July 31, 1975, and the first harvest occurred three years after their first vineyard was planted, in 1977. Inniskillin's license in 1975, which Ziraldo successfully lobbied for, was therefore the first post- prohibition license issued in the region. Īt that time the wine industry in the Niagara consisted of five bulk wineries growing American ("non-vinifera") vines, and no winery licenses had been issued since 1929. Their first vineyard, of 32 acres (13 ha) was planted with Riesling, Chardonnay and Gamay. The first vines were planted in 1974, and since the duo had the ambition to make better-quality wines, their vineyard was planted with traditional European grape varieties, of the Vitis vinifera species, chosen from those cultivated in colder European regions. ![]() Before embarking on the Innskillin project, Ziraldo was running a grapevine nursery and Karl Kaiser, a trained chemist, was a home wine maker. Inniskillin was founded by Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser and saw its beginnings in 1974. Since 1994, Inniskillin also operates a winery in Okanagan, British Columbia (Inniskillin Okanagan) in addition to its original location (Inniskillin Niagara). ![]() Inniskillin, which is mainly noted for its icewine production, has played an important pioneering role in the modern Canadian wine industry. Inniskillin is a Canadian winery located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. About 75 percent of the ice wine in Canada comes from Ontario.For the town in Northern Ireland, see Enniskillen. Canada and Germany are the world's largest producers of ice wines. Ice wine production is limited to that minority of the world's wine-growing regions where the necessary cold temperatures can be expected to be reached with some regularity. This results in relatively small amounts of ice wine being made worldwide, making ice wines generally expensive. Ice wine production is risky (the frost may not come at all before the grapes rot or are otherwise lost) and requires the availability of a large enough labour force to pick the whole crop within a few hours, at a moment's notice, on the first morning that is cold enough. When the grapes are free of Botrytis, they are said to come in "clean". ![]() This gives ice wine its characteristic refreshing sweetness balanced by high acidity. Only healthy grapes keep in good shape until the opportunity arises for an ice wine harvest, which in extreme cases can occur after the New Year, on a northern hemisphere calendar. ![]() Unlike the grapes from which other dessert wines are made, such as Sauternes, Tokaji, or Trockenbeerenauslese, ice wine grapes should not be affected by Botrytis cinerea or noble rot, at least not to any great degree. With ice wines, the freezing happens before the fermentation, not afterwards. The grapes' must is pressed from the frozen grapes, resulting in a smaller amount of more concentrated, very sweet wine. The sugars and other dissolved solids do not freeze, but the water does, allowing for a more concentrated grape juice to develop. Ice wine (or icewine German: Eiswein) is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine. Limited Edition / Rare / Special Edition. ![]()
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