Food & Drink
Icewine is an ideal dessert drink.
A taste of Canada
Winter 2009 |
Canada is known for its exceptional ice wine. And it is the ideal way to add a real taste of Canada touch to holiday get-togethers. For more information, visit http://www.inniskillin.com/. Source: CNW
And now Canadian ice wine is fit for a president, and a king. Inniskillin Vidal Icewine was selected and served at the Nobel Peace Prize dinner at which United States President Barack Obama received the 2009 award. The Inniskillin 2003 Gold Oak aged Vidal Icewine was paired to a menu created especially for the occasion.
Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on Dec. 10 in the presence of the King of Norway, Harald V, world leaders and dignitaries. The Oslo award ceremony is traditionally followed by a five-course banquet at Oslo's historic hotel The Grand, in the Mirror Room.
As part of this prestigious evening, Inniskillin Vidal Icewine was selected and served at yesterday's Nobel dinner. It was served with caramel and chocolate-glazed banana mousse and peanut meringue.
Inniskillin co-founder and icewine maker Karl Kaiser who produced this vintage of icewine comments, "I would never have dreamt that when I started making icewine in 1984 that it would ever be served at a Nobel Peace Prize dinner. I am particularly thrilled that this Icewine was chosen to be part of the dinner honouring President Barack Obama."
Long-coveted by wine lovers as an aperitif or as a complement to a special dessert, icewine is often referred to as Canada's "liquid gold." Though icewine's roots can be traced to centuries old German winemakers, there is nothing more quintessentially Canadian than this luscious luxury borne of patience and sub zero bravura. Grapes are left on the vine well into the winter months to concentrate and intensify the flavours through the water content freezing, thawing and dehydrating in each precious Icewine grape. The Icewine grapes are harvested with exacting precision, only when the temperature hits -10 degrees Celsius.
Inniskillin icewine is now enjoyed in 69 countries around the world and has become a benchmark wine in home entertaining.
Inniskillin Wines, founded by Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser, with wineries and vineyards in the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario and the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, was granted the first winery license in Ontario since Prohibition.
Inniskillin Wines is proud to be an Official Wine Supplier of The Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
