What is the alcohol content of ice wine?
Ice wine is not set at one strength. The international wine body OIV requires a minimum of 5.5% alcohol by volume, and one Canadian icewine (Inniskillin Gold Vidal 2023) lists 9.5% alcohol and 236 g/L residual sugar. Its sweetness is the point: BC rules require at least 100 g/L residual sugar.
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What is the alcohol percentage of ice wine?
The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) says the minimum alcoholic strength acquired should be 5.5% by volume. Real bottles are usually higher. The Inniskillin Gold Vidal Icewine 2023 technical sheet lists 9.5% alcohol. Check the label of your bottle.
Why is ice wine so sweet?
OIV defines ice wine as wine made only from grapes frozen in the vineyard and pressed in that state, at a recommended temperature of -7 C or lower, with a minimum 25.3 Brix (110 Oechsle). BC Wine Authority rules for icewine require residual sugar of at least 100 g/L at bottling and ambient air of -8 C or lower at harvest, and allow no added sugar or artificial freezing. The Inniskillin sheet lists 236 g/L residual sugar.
How much sugar is in a glass?
Our calculation, for that one wine only: 236 g/L is about 24 g of sugar in a 3.5 fl oz (103 mL) pour. Other icewines differ.
What about calories?
We found no official calorie figure for ice wine. USDA lists a generic sweet dessert wine at 160 kcal per 100 g, but that is a different, stronger style, so it is not a good stand-in.
How many drinks is it?
NIAAA defines a US standard drink as about 14 g of pure alcohol. Sweet wine is often poured in small glasses. Ask a doctor or pharmacist about alcohol if you take medicine or have a health condition.
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What is the alcohol content of ice wine?
OIV sets a minimum of 5.5% ABV. One Canadian icewine, Inniskillin Gold Vidal 2023, lists 9.5%.
How much sugar is in ice wine?
BC rules require at least 100 g/L residual sugar. The Inniskillin Gold Vidal 2023 sheet lists 236 g/L, about 24 g per 3.5 fl oz pour (our calculation).
How cold must it be to make ice wine?
OIV recommends -7 C or lower for harvest and pressing; BC rules require -8 C or lower.
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