Turn Up The Cold: Ice Wine

It’s easy to think about bringing locally grown foods to the table in August when lively farmers markets beckon and roadside stands are bursting with everything fresh and wonderful. This month? Not so easy. It calls for creative thinking to keep that local theme burning during the wintertime. So wrap yourself in a blanket, stoke the fire and pour a glass of Ohio ice wine and let’s think. Hmmmm.

In the wide world of wine, Mother Nature has picked just a few locations on the globe, among them Canada, Germany, Austria and Ohio gifting them with an agricultural monopoly to produce ice wine in its natural form. Next to the grapes, proper measures of frigid cold and ice are a must.

One sip of a luscious ice wine and you'll learn to love winter.