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16 | OHCC LIVING | JANUARY 2023 | Ice wine (or icewine; German: Eiswein) is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine. The sugars and other dissolved solids do not freeze, but the water does, allowing for a more concentrated grape juice to develop. The crushed frozen grapes (aka must) are pressed, resulting in a smaller amount of more concentrated, very sweet juice. With ice wines, the freezing happens before the fermentation, not afterwards. Only healthy grapes keep in good shape until the opportunity arises for an ice wine harvest, which in extreme cases can occur after the New Year, on a northern hemisphere calendar. This gives ice wine its characteristic refreshing sweetness balanced by high acidity. Ice wine production is risky (the frost may not come at all before the grapes rot or are otherwise lost) and requires the availability of a large enough labor force to pick the whole crop within a few hours, at a moment's notice, on the first morning that is cold enough. This results in relatively small amounts of ice wine being made worldwide, making ice wines generally expensive. Ice wine production is limited to that minority of the world's wine-growing regions where the necessary cold temperatures can be expected to be reached with some regularity. Canada is the world's largest producer of ice wines, producing a greater volume of ice wine than all other countries combined, followed by Germany. Ice wine is a sweet wine with high sugar levels. It contains strong notes of citrus, honey, stone fruit (such as peach and dried apricot), and tropical fruit. White ice wine retains the freshness of its base grape, whereas red ice wine has fruit flavors like strawberry and some light spice. Dessert wines like Eiswein pair best with food that are only as sweet or less sweet than them. Pairing it with a dessert that's sweeter than the ice wine can leave you with a bitter aftertaste. The best way to enjoy ice wine at its finest is to serve it right in your best glasses. For this, pour it in a wide mouth white wine glass that allows the wine to breathe. Refrigerate the wine for some time before drinking and serve it chilled at around 50-54°F. The 2023 membership dues for OH Wine Tasting Club is $15 per person. Information for this article came from Wikipedia and vinovest.co Wine Tasting Club Genealogy Interest Group The Genealogy Interest Group is a growing group of individuals who want to find out about their heritage and their ancestry. Curiosity about those who came before and formed us is important. The group provides tools to do your research and help in getting started. For the experienced we can offer suggestions to break through the brick walls of past generations. Meeting with others looking in the same geographical areas is a great help. We have both Apple computers and PCs in the computer room. We will meet for help sessions on Fri., Jan. 6 and Sat., Jan. 21. Newcomers are welcome. All sessions can be seen on the TAG calendar. We are happy to offer the World Explorer version of Ancestry.com free of charge in the computer room. This program would cost an individual about $100 a month. We also offer the Family Tree Maker on several of the computers in the lab. A family tree can be started and compiled with either or both of these programs with many hints to assist in your research. Coordinators are Dorothy Miller, Shirley Rock and Peggy Singh. Contact us at rootsatOHCC@gmail.com.