ice wine

noun

A sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are harvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine.

Meanings

nounice wine (countable and uncountable, plural ice wines)

plural ice wines

  1. countableuncountableA sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are harvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine.

Origin

  1. GermanEiswein
  2. Englishice wine

Calque of German Eiswein.

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Translations

Bulgarian ледено вино, снежно вино
  • ледено вино (ledeno vino)a sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
  • снежно вино (snežno vino)a sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
Czech ledové víno
  • ledové vínoa sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
Dutch ijswijn
  • ijswijna sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
Finnish jääviini
  • jääviinia sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
French vin de glace
  • vin de glacea sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
German Eiswein
  • Eisweina sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
Hungarian jégbor
  • jégbora sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
Polish wino lodowe
  • wino lodowea sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
Russian ледяно́е вино́
  • ледяно́е вино́ (ledjanóje vinó)a sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
Turkish buz şarabı, buzlu şarap
  • buz şarabıa sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
  • buzlu şarapa sweet wine made from grapes that are harvested after being frozen on the vine
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Chicago

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