of spice and lychee notes. Choose this wine over
Chardonnay for your next turkey dinner.
Glüwein – The name “glüwein” roughly
translated from German means “glow-wine”. You
season. It is one of many “mulled” wines we’ll
showcase here. Mulled means to heat and add
spices typically. Glüwein is a German red wine
that is heated and then either cinnamon sticks,
star anise, cloves, citrus or sugar are added while
heating. You can add one of those ingredients or
a combination of those to satisfy your own taste.
The wine is so low in alcohol that in Germany
the children drink it with gingerbread.
Glögg – Glögg is a Nordic mulled wine just
like Glüwein but has the spices (cinnamon, sugar,
cardamom, ginger, cloves and bitter orange)
already infused in the wine. The wine is heated
and then generally served with raisins, nuts and
Ginger Snaps. Glögg is a perfect holiday wine to
serve in a large heated punch bowl for a party
with many guests. It goes well with almost any
holiday dessert or treat you may serve.
Ice Wine or Eiswein – Now this wine is for
you ask? Well, an ice wine is basically full of
sugar. The process is extremely simple enough.
The grape is left on the vine to wither and freeze
in the cold climate. Then the grapes are harvested
and pressed. What this produces is a
concentrated thick-ish wine with a huge amount
of residual sugar. Depending on the grape variety
it can be light and sweet to thick and syrupy. This
wine is great for those holiday parties with tasty
sweets, thick fudge or warm tarts or pies.
Port (or Porto) - Port is generally produced
from grapes grown in the Duoro region
of Portugal. The name actually comes from the
city Porto; a seaport city at the mouth of the
take the grapes and to start to produce a “still
wine” like your basic wine shop or grocery store
wine. Then when this wine is halfway produced
a neutral grape spirit called “Aguardente” or
we’re used to, but just an additive to stop the
wine fermentation process thereby leaving residual
sugar in the wine. By leaving more sugar
it makes the wine have a higher-level alcohol
content, usually 18% to 20% alcohol. The Port
is then stored in wooden barrels or in bottles
in cellars or “caves” for aging. Now comes the
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egories: Vintage Ports, Ruby Ports, Tawny Ports
and White Ports. Nothing says relaxing than sipping
a port while talking with friends.
So, I do hope you try one or all of these wines
this season. You will make even the warmest
Florida night feel like a Winter Wonderland.
Cheers!
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