Jen O.
Yelp
I've had awesome icewines, good icewines, and okay icewines. But I've never had a bad icewine, until today.
First stop on my quest for the perfect icewine, I stop by Peninsula Ridge. Three icewines were available for tasting: Vidal, Riesling, and Cabernet Franc.
This stuff tasted like someone made it in the back room mixing sugar, syrup, and water. None of the rich fruity flavors, or the balanced acidity. It is flat sugar water crap.
The woman next to me was gushing about how great the cab franc was. She also asked what icewine was. Being a wine snob, I was scoffing at her ignorance, thinking, "yeah, they made this sh*t so people like you would buy this crap."
For those who don't know what icewine is, save the hate. But even if you didn't know, if you had any taste buds at all, you would probably agree with me. I don't need to pay $40 for a bottle of icewine for something that I could've probably made at home by freezing a bunch of grapes in my freezer.
This was so bad--that I couldn't even finish my 1-oz samples which cost $2 each.