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  Late harvest wine - Definition, explanation
Late harvest is a term applied to wines made from grapes left on the vine longer than usual.
Late harvest is usually an indication of a sweet dessert wine such as late harvest riesling.
Late harvest wines are made from grapes that have not necessarily been affected by botrytis, although the end result is often similar.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/l/la/late_harvest_wine.php   (497 words)

  
 Calona Vineyards Private Reserve
Late Harvest wines are made from grapes that are usually picked after the normal harvest and well before Icewine grapes are harvested.
As the Late Harvest grapes are waiting to be picked, they start to lose some of their moisture and shrivel on the vine.
Late Harvest wines are categorized according to sweetness, which is a measurement of the amount of sugar in the grape at harvest.
www.calonavineyards.ca /private/lateharvest.cfm   (190 words)

  
 Cook's Thesaurus: Dessert Wines
Examples include fortified wines like port and sherry, and late harvest wines, which are made from grapes that have shriveled a bit, concentrating their sweetness.
late harvest wine Notes: These pricey wines are produced from grapes that are picked late in the season, after they've shriveled a bit on the vine.
Ice wine = icewine = eiswein is an especially sweet and expensive kind of late harvest wine in which the dehydrated grapes are allowed to freeze on the vine, resulting in a very sweet wine.
www.foodsubs.com /WinesDessert.html   (491 words)

  
 Late Harvest Wine
grade; in order for the wines to wear this now coveted term on their labels, they must not only meet criteria laid down in law, but must also satisfy the demands of a tasting committee, who subject the wines to scrutiny fifteen months after harvest, once they have been commercially bottled.
The intention to produce a vendange tardive wine must be made to the local INAO office, clearly indicating which vineyard is subject to the delayed harvest.
Harvest date does have implications for the final wine that go beyond the concentration of sugars in the grapes.
www.thewinedoctor.com /author/sweetlateharvest.shtml   (1113 words)

  
 Wine [encyclopedia]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A sweet wine is said to have a dulcet flavor - which simply means sweet to the taste, while a wine is characterized as dry when it has no taste of sweetness.
For red wine, the grapes are pressed immediately after harvest and the stems are removed, but the skins are allowed to stay in contact with the grape juice.
Sparkling wines can be made in two ways, the first and higher quality process is known as the champagne method, in which cultured yeasts and sugars are added to the base wine, causing a second round of fermentation.
encyclozine.com /Wine   (1376 words)

  
 Ice Wine - Ice Wine resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The blooms of Ice Wine are a clear rich violet purple...
This leaves a highly concentrated juice.....or Eiswein in Germany, is a..late-harvest wine..
Ice wine is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen...
www.wine-resources.info /directory/ice-wine.html   (277 words)

  
 Dolce: Liquid Gold From Napa Valley
Napa Valley's Dolce Winery is the only winery in North America that is solely devoted to producing a single, late harvest wine.
What started as a project to make a tiny quantity of late harvest wine for the personal enjoyment of the owners, has evolved into the most recognizable and highly rated late harvest wine produced in North America.
Dolce is made when a natural, beneficial mold called botrytis cinerea attacks the grapes on the vine, while evaporating the water content and concentrating the sugars, acids and flavors.
www.dolcewine.com /winevineyard/dolcewine.html   (291 words)

  
 Rain or snow, ice wine always delivers
Eiswein (German for ice wine), a sweet nectarlike wine made from the concentrated juice of frozen grapes, is thought to have originated in the Franconian region of Germany sometime in the late 18th century.
At the center of this region is the Niagara Peninsula, a flourishing wine center with a climate similar to Burgundy.
Ice wine is a true late-harvest wine because the grapes are left on the vines, often well into November and December, until temperatures drop to between 17 and 7 degrees.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/23/FD107773.DTL&type=printable   (734 words)

  
 Wine Spectator | Articles | Rhône Valley: The North Edges Out the South
Some of the wines from these appellations could be among the best that have been made in the past 10 years, according to vintners, but few other appellations enjoyed such success.
But when the grapes were harvested after the rains, the younger Guigal said, the wines could be mediocre, partly due to rot on the fruit.
Likewise in Cornas, winemaker-enologist Jean-Luc Colombo harvested grapes of such ripeness in his vineyard that he didn't have to boost the alcohol level through chaptalization (adding sugar during the fermentation, which is legal in the region).
www.winespectator.com /Wine/Features/0,1197,423,00.html   (799 words)

  
 Appetizers with Mike Dunne - Harvest Days
Wine enthusiasts just love to see those gondolas of grapes make their way from vineyard to winery, though the romance of the moment tends to lose its edge if they get stuck behind one of those lumbering rigs for long.
The harvesting of later-maturing red-wine varieties should be clicking along in mid-September, though Bill Easton of Domaine de la Terre Rouge in Amador County's Shenandoah Valley doesn't expect to start picking zinfandel and syrah until near the end of September.
A late start to the harvest doesn't necessarily mean the picking will extend deeper than usual into the fall, however.
www.sacbee.com /static/weblogs/dining/archives/003558.html   (441 words)

  
 -Canadian Ice Wine & NW Ice Wine Style Wines
The best ice wines are those that retain natural acidity in the face of late harvests and high sugars.
The resulting wines are not nearly as good as the real thing, and changes in the law in 2003 has forced wineries that make such wines to label them as something other than ice wine.
Icewine is winter's gift to the wine lover: one of the best-kept secrets of the wine world that garners gold medals in virtually every competition in which it is entered.
www.northwest-wine.com /Ice-Wine.html   (2023 words)

  
 Chilled Nectarine Soup with Late
Liquid deliciousness, this recipe combines juicy nectarines with nectar-like late-harvest wine, which is made from extra-ripe grapes with concentrated sweetness and flavor.
This recipe may also be made with white or yellow peaches, or a combination of both, using one white-fleshed fruit for the final garnish on the otherwise soft yellow-orange soup.
Set aside 1/4 cup of the late-harvest wine for later and add the rest to the pan with the white wine, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon verbena.
www.seattledining.com /ARCHIVE/recipes/chilled_nectarine_soup_with_late.htm   (379 words)

  
 *Northwest Sweet and Dessert Wine
Far too many late harvest-style wines seem to offer intense sweetness as the measure of quality, when in fact it is varietal flavor that is the hallmark of greatness in late harvest wines.
Andrew's wine serves up a wonderful example of Gewurztraminer's apricot and nectarine fruitiness, along with hints of tart orange and a tangy allspice and clove-infused honey character that is simply delicious.
While this wine is more like a fruit liqueur than a wine, it has an undeniably appealing, in-your-face raspberry concentration and an incredibly lingering finish as the essence of the fruit stays in your mouth seemingly forever.
www.northwest-wine.com /Sweet-Dessert-Wine.php   (3714 words)

  
 Dolce Winery Late Harvest Wine 2001 - Toast Wines by Taste
The Wine Enthusiast This Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc blend continues the Dolce tradition of being among the finest dessert wines in California.
The wine as usual is rich and unctuous, a glyceriney sweetie packed with apricot, peach, honey, vanilla and crème brûlée flavors offset by crisp acidity.
The Wine Spectator An exotic style, this dessert wine offers rich, elegant dried apricot, honey, spice and subtle tobacco and cedar notes, all of which add up to a wonderfully complex aftertaste that echoes toasted marshmallow flavors.
www.toastwines.com /162952   (262 words)

  
 Italian Wine Index - BuonaCottura.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Many exclusive wines come from France and Italy, but other regions also have some world-class wines in both quality and price.
Also investment in fine wine has attracted a number fraudsters who have played on fine wine's exclusive image and and their clients' ignorance of this sector of the wine market.
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www.buonacottura.com /Italian-Wine/index.html   (2171 words)

  
 Wine from southern Moravia Czech Republic - Vinum Moravicum
The golden-yellow wine is suitable especially for medium-sweet wines´ lovers.
Wine with piquant vital acid is finished with spicy flavour with hints of ripe orange.
The wine catches your attention with fresh, brilliant green yellow, but also with a strong and very intensive fragrance and a fruity aroma with hints of ripe bananas.
www.vinummoravicum.com /obchod/vino.html   (782 words)

  
 Roodezandt Special Late Harvest desert wine from South Africa
Roodezandt Special Late Harvest is a well balanced elegant wine with floral, fruity bouquet.
This South African wine is a blend between White Muscadel and Chenin Blanc.
To enjoy Roodezandt Special Late Harvest at its best, consume within 2 years of purchase.
african-tradition.com /wine/product_info.php?products_id=243   (296 words)

  
 Wine from southern Moravia Czech Republic - Vinum Moravicum
Wine from southern Moravia Czech Republic - Vinum Moravicum
Silver Medal from the international wine exhibition VINOFORUM 2006 was awarded to two Vinum Moravicum varieties…
You need not be registered to be permitted to buy at our vinotheque.
www.vinummoravicum.com   (109 words)

  
 Ice Wine
Niagara Wine Tours International, Offering bike and van tours to wineries in Niagara, International and USA wine...
Serve chilled white wines and icy cold beer or soda at a moment's notice.
Icewine or Eiswein in Germany, is a late-harvest wine made from grapes pressed while frozen...
www.1st-wine.com /28/ice-wine.html   (430 words)

  
 Wine Awards Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Late Harvest - Chambourcin - VQA Niagara Peninsula - 2004
Late Harvest - Semilllon - Douro - DOC - 2005
Late Harvest Cabernet Franc - VQA Niagara Peninsula
www.iwsc.net /searchWines.cfm?Page=AwardsW   (4565 words)

  
 Long Beach : Harvest Wine Dinner
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Make sure to make your reservations early for our great wine dinner featuring Executive Bistro.
Dessert: Bavarian cream puff w belguim dark chocalate paired with Konzelmann late arvest vidal ice wine and 1995 Lily Pilly shiraz port.
www.localwineevents.com /Long-Beach-Wine/event-103076.html   (182 words)

  
 2001 Dolce Late Harvest : Wine-Searcher.com
Dolce Napa Valley Late Harvest Dessert Wine, 2001
DOLCE BY FAR NIENTE..2001..LATE HARVEST DESSERT WINE, NAPA VALLEY..375ML HALF-BOTTLES..2001..WS92 / WE93!!...
Dolce Winery Late Harvest Wine 2001 Napa Valley, 2001
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 Dessert Wine - The Wine Club discount retail wine California
Dessert Wine - The Wine Club discount retail wine California
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All wine on this site is picked up or shipped from our Southern California location only.
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 Late Harvest White
We hope you will enjoy your visit with us online or at Sophie's Cellars in California's spectacular Russian River wine region.
If you are buying 12 or more bottles (may mix and match), click here to apply a 10% discount to your cart.
Call us if you'd like help selecting your wines.
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