August 29, 2012

  • Winery and home

    Today was the last day of our trip and as we ventured back home we dropped by SummerHill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna. It was one of the wineries Calvin and I wanted to visit during the summer when he was here but we eventually dismissed the idea since it was so far away and we decided to visit Lulu Island Winery instead. But whereas we were only allowed to taste normal dessert wines at Lulu island, at Summer Hill we were actually able to taste white and red ice wine, which was a real treat for me.

    At first sip, I enjoyed the white ice wine as opposed to the red. It's much sweeter and easy to drink, as well as giving you a refreshing mouth watering taste like you're drinking fresh grape juice mixed with alcohol. To put it short, it was execllente.

    And if you ever wonder why ice wines are so expensive, this is why: in the whole world, there are only three places that produce ice wines, and Canada is one of them. That's because I've wine requires that the ripened grapes are left on the tree vines until winter when it reaches -5 degrees Celsius. At that, the grapes itself would convert most of their water level to sugar level to protect itself from the frost. These are then picked by the workers and out with yeast to fermentate on the same day that it was harvested. For a liter of ice wine, 30 pounds of grape must be used. Normal wine only require 3 pounds.

    Overall I'm tired but I think I enjoyed the overall trip. I'll definitely visit kelowna again sometime :)