Comments on: Extreme Wine: O Canada Ice Wine

By: Mike Veseth

Mike Veseth — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:26:49 +0000

Thanks, Tilman, especially for the corrections. I’ll add a note to the original post so that readers will be sure to read your comment. Congratulations on all that you’ve accomplished!
Best,
Mike

By: Tilman Hainle

Tilman Hainle — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:39:29 +0000

Mike, thanks for covering this story — Icewine is one of the most extreme of the extreme wines. And it is Canada’s most famous wine export, bar none.

A couple of points — my dad Walter and I made the first Icewine together in 1978, and he and I had collaborated on some earlier experiments in the years of 1973 – 1977.

The wine that was presented at the Riesling Rendezvous in 2008 was the Working Horse Winery 2006 Riesling Icewine.

Lastly, it’s been years since I have had any role at Hainle Vineyards. My family sold the winery in 2002, and I last consulted there in 2005.

Thank you for doing this — especially the faux Icewine aspect is becoming very significant these days.

Cheers,
Tilman Hainle

By: Chloe

Chloe — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:57:34 +0000

It’s true about the Japanese and ice wine. Some friends and I toured wineries in the Niagara-on-the-Lake area a couple of years ago and there were Japanese tour buses everywhere, and everyone was indeed stocking up on ice wine!