Glossary
| Ice Wine | (Eiswein) A seperate section of dessert wines and part of the QmP* category. The grapes for these wines need to be harvested and pressed while frozen, which achieves the concentration of extract, natural sugar and acidity due to the fact that the water content of the grapes remains in the press as blocks of ice. According to German law the grapes have to be naturally frozen at the vine (not in a freezer, like a Californian producer has done). The purpose is to achieve high concentration and the juice has to have at least achieve the ripeness level of a Beerenauslese* (BA) or better Trockenbeerenauslese* (TBA). These wines are truly unique with a remarkable concentration of fruity acidity and sweetness. Similar to BA and TBA, they can age for many years and are often too acidic to be drunk young. |
| Ischia | Italian - Appellation of Campania |
| isinglass | This expensive fining* gelatine is made from the bladders of fish such as sturgeon. Needless to say it is hard to produce and in modern times it has been replaced by several other fining agents. |
| Isonzo | Italian - Appellation of Friuli Venezia Giuli |
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