I tasted a lot of good dessert wines at the recent Salon des vins de Québec, Quebec City’s first-ever large-scale wine fair. Some great Sauternes and Barsac, a terrific Recioto del Soave by Pieropan, and some nice ice wine. But for this first post on The Tawny Times, I figured I would taste outside the [...]
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Covey Run 2005 Reserve Semillion Icewine
Posted in Icewine, tagged Icewine, semillion on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The grapes used in the production of this delicious icewine actually began growing in the 2004 season. The grapes were left to hang on the vines until the temperatures dropped below freezing and the grapes were good and frozen. They were picked on January 5, 2005 in the middle of the night. I’m sure there [...]
