It’s “the first year in which the ice harvest has failed nationwide,” according to a German wine marketing group.
Sadly, however, that future may be here ahead of schedule. The German Wine Institute has announced that, for the first time, winter weather conditions never got cold enough in any of the country’s 13 wine-growing regions to naturally produce ice wine—which is made by harvesting grapes that have frozen on the vine. “The 2019 vintage will go down in history here in Germany as the first year in which the ice harvest has failed nationwide,” the wine industry marketing group said in a statement.
Temperatures reportedly must drop to as low as at least 19 degrees Fahrenheit for the grapes to freeze as required. And even if those temperatures are reached, other changes are affecting the harvest: The DWI explains that warm temperatures are ripening the grapes earlier while also pushing the coldest days of the season further back in January and February.
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