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icewine

For this issue I have chosen something from my collection that many bottle collectors
haven’t heard of and never though of collecting, even if they heard of it. Living close to the
Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, Canada, provides me with access to Icewine Miniatures
produced there.

Icewine originated in Germany about 1794, where grapes were left on the vines until the first
deep frost, and then the freeze/thaw cycles occurred and concentrated both the sugars and
the flavors of the grapes. The process has been refined and now Icewines are highly prized
drinks that are created in Germany, Austria, the U.S. and Canada with the Niagara region of
Ontario, Canada currently the respected producer of Icewines.
My collection presently consists of 46 different miniature bottles of Icewine, from 23 wineries
and includes 9 verities’ of grapes. Most of my bottles come from the Niagara region of
Ontario, Canada, but I do have some from the Quebec, Western New York area and British
Columbia. Icewines generally come in glass bottles and range from 8.5% to 17% in
alcoholic content.

Although I believe that most bottles make a fine addition to any collection these certainly do
to mine.
The following pictures only represent a small portion of my Icewines. Jackman’s Maple Ice,
Joseph’s Vidal Icewine, Jost Icewine, Kittling Ridge Icewine & Brandy, Kittling Vidal Ridge
Icewine, Legends Vidal Icewine, Magnotta Vidal Icewine, Magnotta Cabernet Franc Icewine,
Pelee Vidal Icewine, Palatine Hills Vidal Icewine, Pillitteri Cabernet Sauvinagnon Icewine,
Schonmake Vidal Icewine, Sumac Ridge Vidal Icewine, Glac’e Noir Pinot Noir Icewine and
Willow Heights Vidal Icewine.

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