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Visa Presents A Tourism Vancouver Event Jan 23 - Feb 5, 2004 Participating dining establishments offer exceptional $15 and $25CDN three-course dinner menus to showcase the city's diverse food and wine scene. Plan to make reservations early for Vancouver's biggest restaurant promotion. www.tourismvancouver.com To make Icewine, the grapes are left on the vine until after the first frost hits. These grapes are harvested after being frozen in the vineyard and then, while still frozen, they are pressed. They must be picked early-before 10 am. During both of these processes the temperature cannot exceed -8°C. At this temperature the berries will freeze as hard as marbles. While the grape is still in its frozen state, it is pressed and the water is driven out as shards of ice. This leaves a highly concentrated juice, very high in acids, sugars and aromatics The wines of British Columbia are traditionally crisp, fruity white wines. The region is also known for scrumptious dessert wines, including late harvest wines and Icewines. More and more red wine grapes are being grown in the southern Okanagan Valley, where the hot, desert climate and long, northern-latitude growing season create |
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for many red varieties. Plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
and Merlot, among others, are now scattered throughout this southern area.
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