Noble rot
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Noble rot is the beneficial form of a grey fungus, Botrytis cinerea, affecting wine grapes. Infestation by Botrytis requires warm and humid conditions, typically around 20 °C and above 80% humidity. I
Noble rot on Riesling grapes (Rheingau, Germany, 2005)
Botrytis cinerea on Sémillon grapes in Sauternes
Ice wine
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Icewine is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine. The sugars and other dissolved solids do not freeze, but the water does, allowing for a more conce
Noble rot
…of dessert wines. The primary distinction between botrytized wines and other naturally sweet, non-fortified sweet wines, such as late-harvest wines, ice wines, or straw/raisin wines, lies in the range and richness of aroma compounds generated by Botrytis cinerea. Significant differences are also evident in…
Grapevines in Luxembourg being grown for ice wine
Ice wines produced from the Niagara College Teaching Winery
Monument commemorating the first harvest of ice wine in Bingen in 1830
Icewine grapevines at Inniskillin. The winery was the first in Canada to produce icewine for commercial purposes in 1984.