Last time, the topic of residual sugar was discussed. Simply put, residual sugar (RS) is a measure of the sugar (typically in grams per liter) that remains in wine after fermentation. During an uninterrupted fermentation, the yeast will continue to...
Ice wine (*eiswein *in Austria and Germany, or the single-word icewine in Canada) is produced from the pressings of frozen grapes. Germany and Canada are the leading producers of traditional ice wines, but Austria, Switzerland and the United States...
In past entries we’ve explored fortified wines that are just one major category of dessert wines. While the list of dessert wines is too expansive to cover in one posting, we’ll touch briefly on the categories of sparkling wines and the various types...