CANADIAN AWARD WINNING ICEWINE PLEASES PALATES IN WORLD MARKETS
FROM Government of Canada, International Relations: Here’s a recipe for winemaking success: take a Sicilian couple with a dream to open a winery, add warm summer weather, the frosty chill of a Canadian winter, and mix them together to create a delicious icewine that’s...EARLY ICEWINE HARVEST HELPS INCREASE YIELDS
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario- Pillitteri Estates Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake was lucky to receive an early Christmas present from Mother Nature with the recent downswing of temperatures. On Wednesday evening temperatures reached below -8°C and the 2017 Icewine...PILLITTERI WINS FIRST EVER TROPHY FOR A CANADIAN WINE AT SIX NATIONS WINE CHALLENGE IN AUSTRALIA
Pillitteri Estates Winery has achieved what no other Canadian Wine has to date, winning a Best in Show Trophy at the Six Nations Wine Challenge. The Trophy has been awarded to the Reserve Riesling Icewine from the stellar 2013 vintage.
FLURRY OF ICEWINE HARVESTING BEGINS
St Catharines Standard – The squeeze was on to get Niagara’s famous icy berries off the vine. By mid-morning Monday, temperatures across the peninsula had finally sunk to below –8°C for at least a few hours. That’s the outdoor threshold needed before the frozen berries can be harvested, pressed and fermented into the sweet icewine delicacy.
ICEWINE HARVEST SEASON STARTS IN NOTL
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — It wasn’t just those ardent fans of a white Christmas that were cursing the warm weather seen in late December, icewine makers found it a little worrisome as well. Those fears were pushed aside this week, however, when temperatures dipped below -10 degrees Celsius long enough for icewine harvest season to get underway.