Argentina's first ice wine will hit the US market this year.
The sweet Malbec from Mendoza will be available in three American states, as well as Brazil and Columbia.
Viña Las Perdices president, Carlos Muñoz said its Las Perdices Ice is unlikely to compete with renowned ice wine producers Germany and Canada but added: 'We just wanted to make something similar, but distinct, with a good price quality ratio'.
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The key point is the final line in this article. So what makes this an article about ice wine? Anybody can make this type of dessert wine - all you need is a freezer and the grapes. We all know that cryoextraction wines are not ice wines. Most producers using this method (including trhis one) have been honourable enough and savvy enough not to misuse the terminology. More correctly, the article's title should read: “Argentina exports first cryo-extracted dessert wine.” But of course that doesn't have the same ring to it - not nearly as posh or sexy.
Steven Drotos, Beamsville, Ontario, Canada
What a let-down, to be told in a headline that Argentina had made an Ice Wine, and then to be told in the body of the article that the 'ice wine' is artifically made, and the name 'ice wine' can't even be used. Argentina prides itself on planting at higher altitudes to achieve cooler growing conditions. Making a true ice wine at a higher elevation would indeed be newsworthy. Putting grapes in the deep freeze is not.
Harriet Lembeck, CWE, New York
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