I have an opportunity to get 6 gallons of fresh Ice Wine juice from Canada
the end of October.
My questions;
What yeast ?
Would you add some Oak?

Tom


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71B. No oak.

Frederick

"Tom" > wrote in message
...
>I have an opportunity to get 6 gallons of fresh Ice Wine juice from Canada
>the end of October.
> My questions;
> What yeast ?
> Would you add some Oak?
>
> Tom
>
>
> Home of the
> MOON RIVER BREWERY
> and
> DELANCO VINEYARDS
>

On Sep 10, 9:10*am, "Tom" > wrote:
> I have an opportunity to get 6 gallons of fresh Ice Wine juice from Canada
> the end of October.
> My questions;
> What yeast ?
> Would you add some Oak?
>
> Tom
>
> * * * * * Home of the
> MOON RIVER BREWERY
> * * * * * * * * *and
> DELANCO VINEYARDS


Is this juice from last year ? Icewine is rarely harvested before
late December at the earliest.

Agreed on 71B as a good choice, and also Rhone 2226.

Oak is not generally used with icewine (like other high-sugar, high
acid wines), though there are some rare examples, usually with reds.

If you haven't made icewine before, do your homework, as it is quite
different than vinifying table wine...most notably, expect primary
fermentation to take several weeks, and you need to be prepared to
stop fermentation at the appropriate time which can be quite tricky.

My supplier is getting this years crop (juice) from the most northern part
of Ontario Canada some time late October/November. There they have one of
the first crops as the weather gets cold (below freezing) this month.

Tom

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MOON RIVER BREWERY
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> wrote in message
...
On Sep 10, 9:10 am, "Tom" > wrote:
> I have an opportunity to get 6 gallons of fresh Ice Wine juice from Canada
> the end of October.
> My questions;
> What yeast ?
> Would you add some Oak?
>
> Tom
>
> Home of the
> MOON RIVER BREWERY
> and
> DELANCO VINEYARDS


Is this juice from last year ? Icewine is rarely harvested before
late December at the earliest.

Agreed on 71B as a good choice, and also Rhone 2226.

Oak is not generally used with icewine (like other high-sugar, high
acid wines), though there are some rare examples, usually with reds.

If you haven't made icewine before, do your homework, as it is quite
different than vinifying table wine...most notably, expect primary
fermentation to take several weeks, and you need to be prepared to
stop fermentation at the appropriate time which can be quite tricky.