Lisa Wong - All Comments

RE: Frozen Fruits

ben nelsen — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:40:00 GMT

Another fantastic read from the amazing Lisa Wong!

RE: Frozen Fruits

Nate Wolack — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:26:32 GMT

Thank you so much! I loved reading this. I just had my first Canadian Ice Wine last night and was totally blown away. I think I might take a trip up there soon. Cheers!

RE: Frozen Fruits

Tom Gannon — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:04:01 GMT

Thank you, very well done. I was expecting some Alice Munro quotes, perhaps some Michael Ondaatje or at the very least Don Cherry and The Kids in the Hall but Prime Minister Horton and President Poutine are enough to light the dark months of July and August...

RE: Frozen Fruits

Arvid Rosengren — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:39:09 GMT

Thanks for the answer Lisa! ;)

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Lisa Wong — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:37:08 GMT

Oh shoot. Thank you for catching that, Mr. [mention:78c995319ab240a0888bff8d885f0325:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]. That sentence was meant to be different. Icewine can't be made properly using traditional method, and is made using Charmat. I had put the bit about TM in my notes to remind myself that there are TM sparkling wines which use icewine as dosage (also regulated) and forgot to follow up properly. (Good thing with the new GuildSomm site I can make corrections! Like it never happened! People will wonder what on earth your comment is about!) No, sincerely, please accept my apologies. As a Canadian, I can at least assure you that I am an expert on apologizing.

RE: Frozen Fruits

Arvid Rosengren — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:14:23 GMT

Thanks for a fine article!

One minor thing I can't get my head around though: How would one go about making traditional method Sparkling Ice Wine? I would assume there is too much sugar to get a fermentation going under pressure, and if you could manage that, wouldn't the resulting wine have quite a high variation in levels of CO2 and RS, depending on how strong the fermentation in every single bottle is?

RE: Frozen Fruits

Rachel Mullen — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 19:11:13 GMT

I'm curious to try the ice cider too

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Rachel Mullen — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 19:10:36 GMT

good read!! I can't wait to seek out some Canadian Icewine

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Anonymous — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:36:48 GMT

Excellent article! Balancing facts, anecdotes, and tongue-in-cheek humor perfectly. Great read!

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Magdalena Kaiser — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:41:08 GMT

Not cold and dark all of the time! But we are getting ready to pick Icewine this week. Temps are dropping as it has been fairly mild so far this year.

RE: Frozen Fruits

Lisa Wong — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:44:39 GMT

Thanks for reading and for the correction, Steve, and yes, that tobasco bottle gets more usage now that it's the winter months. And to apologetically clarify to anyone for my confusing choice of quotes, comedian Rick Mercer's words are facetious, exaggerating how arctic people think Canada is. Two months of darkness would only happen near the north or south poles, and most Canadians are not nearly that far north! (Although, I would have chosen Canadark, for sure.)

RE: Frozen Fruits

Steve Murphey — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 03:45:39 GMT

Small quibble - under varieties, you said "for the vintner striking the right balance is complicated". A "vintner " is someone who sells wine, probably better to use the term winemaker. .....I noticed the bottle of Tabasco in the photo with Veronique, part of the coping with winter strategy no doubt ! Happy New Year !! -Steve Murphey

RE: Frozen Fruits

Troy Revell — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:21:14 GMT

Canada goes dark in July and August?

RE: Somm vs. Scientist: How Winespeak Relates to Chemspeak

Wendy Shoemaker — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:27:42 GMT

This article is wonderful Lisa! I have my degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry too, and the science of wine is what has drawn me to it! Very good explanation, I really enjoyed reading your article!

RE: Somm vs. Scientist: How Winespeak Relates to Chemspeak

Lisa Wong — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:05:05 GMT

Also after looking at the article again, I realize I made a grave mistake. The scientist who coined "mercaptan" was not Dutch, he was Danish. I hope I didn't offend anyone. (I heart Kierkegaard.)