Bratislava, Jan 5 (IANS): Slovak wine makers have finished harvesting frozen Blaufrankisch and Welschriesling grapes that will be used for the production of ice wine.
"The wave of frosty weather came suddenly. We had to call people back from their holidays," Xinhua quoted Milos Sevcik, production director of Vinarske Zavody Topolcianky winemaking company, as saying.
He added that they finished the harvest on New Year's Eve, at temperatures of below minus 12 degrees Celsius.
Apart from Slovakia, ice wine from Topolcianky has also found markets in Japan, China, and Singapore, a trade organisation said Sunday
"Demand on these markets is really huge. The locals like the sweet ice wine, but they don't have proper conditions for making it themselves," Sevcik said.
Ice wine is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine.