date:Jan 24, 2013
rcent of the province's total wine output, according to VQA Ontario, the province's wine authority.
Canada has become one of the world's major ice wine producers competing with Germany and Austria, where it is called Eiswein. New York State's Finger Lakes region and Switzerland are also among the colder climes that make ice wine.
Ice wine is a significant attraction, especially in January when the Niagara-on-the-Lake Ice wine Festival takes place, said Magdalena Kaiser-Smit, public relations d