ice wine at le cellier

[punkin413]

okay....i've seen pictures and heard raves about the ice wine at le cellier, but i've heard that it's $15 a glass, which is more than i usually would pay for a glass of wine. we're having lunch there in may and i LOVE wine. i'm wondering if it's worth the $15? my favorite wines are pinot grigios and rieslings. also, how is the ice wine martini? which one do you think is better?

 

[Kies99]

Ice Wine in general is expensive for what you get. After the normal grape harvest, some grapes are left on the vine somtimes for a couple of months. Then, after the first hard freeze, they are harvested. Ice Wine is very sweet due to the water being frozen and removed, thereby concentrating the sugar. If you like Pinot Grigio and Riesling, then you like your wines somewhat sweet.

I believe the Ice Wine is Canadian from Inniskillin. That can run around $40-$50 a bottle so $15 a glass is probably about right.

 

[Momelie]

I love the ice wine at Le Cellier, and I'm definitely going to get some with my birthday lunch on Saturday!

I prefer rieslings and gewurtztraminer wines, as well, so I think ice wine is something that you would enjoy.

I've never tried the martini, but I think the wine itself would be worth trying before the martini.

I usually try to buy by the bottle, but its very hard to find down here in the South, LOL!

 

[bzzymom]

I like ice wines as well. They are more expensive. I don't drink it with the meal, I drink it after the meal.

 

[drag n' fly]

Ice wine is very sweet. Almost as sweet as sherry. It is a dessert wine. It goes wonderful with cheese, pears, apples etc! That is why it is 15 dollars a glass...and might I add worth every penny too!(no bias here lol)especially the okanagan ice wine!mmmmmmmmm

 

[CarolA]

I hated it!
(Just a warning)

I tried it during Food & Wine Festival a few years ago when the tasting size and price are a little smaller. Just found it gross.

 

[drag n' fly]

I hated it!
(Just a warning)

I tried it during Food & Wine Festival a few years ago when the tasting size and price are a little smaller. Just found it gross.

Why don't you tell us how you really feel.. to each his own

 

[krissyh]

I like sweet wines and do not like Ice Wine at all.
I actually live about 25 minutes from the Inniskillin Winery (just across the border). I have enjoyed their other wines a great deal but find it too sweet and syrup-y for my tastes. Most wine drinkers I know love it or hate it.
Might want to see if you can try it before shelling out $15 for a glass.

 

[GOOFY4DONALD]

I like sweet wines and do not like Ice Wine at all.
I actually live about 25 minutes from the Inniskillin Winery (just across the border). I have enjoyed their other wines a great deal but find it too sweet and syrup-y for my tastes. Most wine drinkers I know love it or hate it.
Might want to see if you can try it before shelling out $15 for a glass.

I have never tried Ice Wine anywhere but I have tried plum wine. I love sweet wine but plum wine is so thick and syrupy...is the ice wine anything like plum wine?

 

[ElizabethB]

Love the ice wine available at the Canada pavilion. We also once went to a Food & Wine Festival dinner at Le Cellier. Inniskillen was the featured winery. With dessert they served a cabernet franc ice wine. Yum! Obviously, one has to enjoy sweet dessert wines to like ice wine.

 

[puddleduck]

Loved it! It is a dessert wine and is sweet. I prefer sweet wines and I really like this wine.

 

[disney1990]

I fell in love with Ice Wine at the Food and Wine Festival. So much, I keep it in the house now -- for special occasions.

 

[Dalton5]

As stated in other posts..Icewine is very sweet. And I stress the very...

It is a dessert wine and so should be sipped..like a cordial.

Icewine is sold in 1/2 bottles (half the size of a normal wine bottle) and can run anywhere from $30-75 per bottle, so $15 a glass does not seem impossible.

We love it!! We are leaving this weekend for our annual group trip to Niagara on the Lake for the Icewine Festival. (22 slightly drunk Americans on a limobus).

Try it...you might like it, thus creating a very expensive taste

 

[madcoco]

What Dalton said.
Everyone has different tastes.
We used to to visit Niagra Falls and the local wineries staying in beautiful St Catherines. Big Reds drinker mostly here to this day which you don't find much of in the Niagra Region but still love to try different wines. Got hooked on it at a visit one winter to Inniskillin. Not sure if they still do this, but you can be put on a waiting list and they will contact you if they are able to make it during the winter season.
DW is not a winedrinker but likes it for dessert. Germany in Epcot I believe carries one in their wine tasting room/store as well, but can't remember the name. Help?

 

[PearlElpis]

I have never tried Ice Wine anywhere but I have tried plum wine. I love sweet wine but plum wine is so thick and syrupy...is the ice wine anything like plum wine?

I’ve tried both Plum Wine and Ice Wine and have to say they are quite different.

I love Ice Wine – Inniskillin is actually one of my favorites. It’s sweet but quite light and crisp. Plum Wine is another story though. I think the taste is more similar to cherry and syrupy. In short, Plum Wine isn't what I particularly care about.

I never tried Ice Wine Martini though. I think they mix it with some other hard liquor.. so I guess it’s more bitter?

 

[punkin413]

I love Ice Wine – Inniskillin is actually one of my favorites. It’s sweet but quite light and crisp.

sounds perfect for my taste!!

 

[Tink10]

The ice wine is wonderful!! After having it, we ALWAYS have a bottle or 2 here at home to serve with dessert. I like the Inniskillin, but last june, there were 2 others that they offered & there was a sparkling ice wine (sold by the bottle)

Yum!

 

[tmcelmurry]

The price of ice wine at Le Cellier actually doesn't sound that bad. In Arkansas, one of the local wineries in Altus was able to produce ice wine last year due to a early hard freeze. They sold 375ml bottles for between $40 and $50 a piece.

 

[wendy46001]

I like sweet wines, so i do enjoy the ice wine

also the Ice wine martini is a must do for all our trips....
it might be a little odd, but you can get one to go if your not eating at the restaurant....warning they will give it to you in a plastic cup

 

[Leota]

Wendy46001, your wedding pictures are simply Gorgeous! I'll have to try an Ice Wine Martini to go next trip . I am not fond of LeCellier, but would love to try the Martini. Thanks for the tip.

Like PearlElpis said, the thing that sets Ice Wines apart from other dessert wines is the light, crisp finish. It keeps it from being to sickly sweet. It's not one I would drink with food, but as stated, as an after dinner cordial or a dessert. I think the only thing I could picture eating with it would be very dark chocolate. (But then again, when isn't dark chocolate appropriate? lol )

I have a small bottle of Ice Wine tucked away for a special occasion. If I recall, it was around $40 for the half-bottle size.