Ice Wine/Icewine/Eiswein (Baby?) | S9E3

02/11/22 • 15 min

Wine from frozen grapes: Is it Eiswein, Icewine, Ice wine, or “ice” something else? This episode is an overview of the where, when, why, and how of a wine celebrated in winter festivals, events, and wine lists around the world.

Resources from this episode:

Books:

The Oxford Companion to Wine [Kindle Edition], Robinson, J. & Harding J. (2015)

Websites:

Austrian Wine: https://www.austrianwine.com/our-wine/wine-styles/10-nobly-sweet-wines

Casa Ronsilvini: Italian Ice Wine, https://casaronsilvini.it/tag-prodotto/italian-ice-wine/

Casa Larga: 2022 NYS Ice Wine & Culinary Festival - https://www.casalarga.com/events/ny-ice-wine-culinary-festival/

New York Upstate: Who likes these cold winter blasts? Finger Lakes ice wine makers, that’s who, Casentre, D. (15 January 2022) https://www.newyorkupstate.com/wine-tours/2022/01/who-likes-these-cold-winter-blasts-finger-lakes-ice-wine-makers-thats-who.html

Niagara Wine Trail: Ice Wine - https://niagarawinetrail.org/ice-wine/

Research Gate: Icewine - The Frozen Truth (Conference Paper), Pickering, G. (2006) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gary-Pickering/publication/280732501_Icewine-_the_frozen_truth/links/5f8f5dd492851c14bcd8565e/Icewine-the-frozen-truth.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Wine Country Ontario: Icewine - https://winecountryontario.ca/icewine/#icewine-text

Wine Enthusiast: Ice Wines From Around the Globe, Iijima, A.L.C., Voss, R., & Sullivan, S. https://www.winemag.com/gallery/ice-wines-from-around-the-globe/

Wines of Canada: Canada on the World Map - https://winesofcanada.ca

Wines of Germany: https://www.germanwines.de/knowledge/taste-quality/ice-wine/

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S2E2: Behind Botrytis - Beautiful Wines from Ugly Grapes - https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/s2e2-behind-botrytis-beautiful-wines-from-ugly-grapes

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Resources from this episode:

Books:

The Oxford Companion to Wine [Kindle Edition], Robinson, J. & Harding J. (2015)

Websites:

Austrian Wine: https://www.austrianwine.com/our-wine/wine-styles/10-nobly-sweet-wines

Casa Ronsilvini: Italian Ice Wine, https://casaronsilvini.it/tag-prodotto/italian-ice-wine/

Casa Larga: 2022 NYS Ice Wine & Culinary Festival - https://www.casalarga.com/events/ny-ice-wine-culinary-festival/

Niagara Wine Trail: Ice Wine - https://niagarawinetrail.org/ice-wine/

Wine Country Ontario: Icewine - https://winecountryontario.ca/icewine/#icewine-text

Wine Enthusiast: Ice Wines From Around the Globe, Iijima, A.L.C., Voss, R., & Sullivan, S. https://www.winemag.com/gallery/ice-wines-from-around-the-globe/

Wines of Canada: Canada on the World Map - https://winesofcanada.ca

Wines of Germany: https://www.germanwines.de/knowledge/taste-quality/ice-wine/

Related Podcasts from Glass in Session®:

S2E2: Behind Botrytis - Beautiful Wines from Ugly Grapes - https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/s2e2-behind-botrytis-beautiful-wines-from-ugly-grapes

Glass in Session® is a registered trademark of Vino With Val, LLC.

Music: “Write Your Story” by Joystock (Jamendo.com cc_Standard License, Jamendo S.A.)

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Whisky, Burns Night, and ... Beerhenge? | S9E2

Grab your whisky sweater and meet me in front of the fire. How we’ve gone 9 seasons without sipping a dram together of one of my favorite spirits is beyond me. And it’s beyond time.

Whisky/Whiskey: what it is, a little history, distinguishing some styles, and a little silliness (because your host cannot help herself). Just the thing for a cold, January in the northern hemisphere on this weird third rock from the sun.

Resources from this episode:

Books:

Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS) Study Guide, Society of Wine Educators, Nickles, J. (2020)

The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails [Kindle Edition], Wondrich, D & Rothbaum, N., (2022)

Whiskey: The Definitive World Guide, Jackson, M. (2005)

The World Atlas of Whisky [2nd Edition], Broom, D. (2014)

Websites:

Difford’s Guide: On this Day - 25 January, Sutcliffe, T. & Difford, S., (2020) https://www.diffordsguide.com/on-this-day/january/25

Independent: How to Address you Haggis in Honor of the Great, According to Robert Burns, Sommerlad, J. (25 January 2022) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/address-to-the-haggis-burns-night-b2000134.html

Merriam Webster: Auld lang syne: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auld%20lang%20syne

Scotch Whisky: Famous Whisky Drinkers - Robert Burns, Smith, G.D., (25 January 2016) https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/famous-whisky-drinkers/8261/famous-whisky-drinkers-robert-burns/

Some of Val's Favorite Whisky Personalities:

Whiskycast: Cask Strength Conversation, by Mark Gillespie - https://whiskycast.com/

The Unwritable Rant: Bourbon-Soaked Stories, by Juliette Miranda - https://theunwritablerant.com/

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The Silk Road to Samarkand & Uzbek Wine | S9E4

A wine podcast inspired by Barbarian Empires of the Steppes and the Silk Road? We got that! This episode on the wine history of Uzbekistan was inspired by Mongols, Mughals, and explorers: Genghis/Ginngis Kahn, Tamerlane/Timur, Babur, and Marco Polo all passed through, conquered, loved, loved to conquer - or were kicked out of - Samarkand, the crossroads of civilization. Who brought the grapes, and who started the wine industry? What happened under soviet rule? Who tried to tear it down? What’s being done to move the historic wine culture forward?

Let’s explore this and other curious nuggets of stuff you never thought you wanted to know about wine, but are delighted to learn!

Resources from this episode:

Books:

The Oxford Companion to Wine [Kindle Edition], Robinson, J. & Harding J. (2015)

Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours [Kindle Edition], Robinson, J., Harding, J., Vouillamoz, J. (2013)

Websites:

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook: Uzbekistan (last updated 16 February 2022) https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uzbekistan/

ENews Channel Africa: Uzbekistan pulls out the stops for fine winemaking, (9 December 2018) https://www.enca.com/life/uzbekistan-pulls-out-stops-fine-winemaking

Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Culitvated Plants: Vitis International Variety Catalog (VIVC), Bayan Shirei the https://www.vivc.de/?r=passport%2Fview&id=1049

Let’s Go Uzbekistan: History of the development of viticulture and winemaking in Uzbekistan (2018) https://www.letsgouzbekistan.com/en/blog/history_of_wine_making_in_uzbekistan

OIV: Uzbekistan becomes the 47th Member State of the OIV (6 November 2018) https://www.oiv.int/en/oiv-life/uzbekistan-becomes-the-47th-member-state-of-the-oiv

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: Uncorking Uzbekistan’s Wine Business, Bowdle, N. (12 December 2018) https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-wine-business/29652570.html

Silk Road Research: Samarkind, Eminer, M. https://silkroadresearch.blog/uzbekistan/samarkind/

Sommeliers International: Where the wine route crosses the silk road (June 2015) https://www.sommeliers-international.com/en/World/uzbekistan_-where-the-wine-route-crosses-the-silk-road.aspx

Travel Tomorrow: Samarkand’s Khorovenko Winery, Embassy of Uzbekistan to the Benelux and Missions to the EU and NATO (17 November 2021) https://traveltomorrow.com/samarkands-khovorenko-winery/

Uzbekistan Research Online: Aspects of Tourism Development in Uzbekistan - Wine Tourism, Inoyatova, S.I. (2019) https://uzjournals.edu.uz/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1206&context=iqtisodiyot

Wein Plus: Bayanshira (23 June 2021) https://glossary.wein.plus/bayanshira

World Atlas: Uzbekistan https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/uzbekistan

World History: Genghis Khan, Cartwright, M. (16 September 2019) https://www.worldhistory.org/Genghis_Khan/

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S8E3: Once Upon a Wine Grape in Afghanistan - https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/s8e3-once-upon-a-wine-grape-in-afghanistan

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