Peller's award-winning icewine is a rare gift from a magical Canadian winter. Crafted from naturally frozen grapes hand-picked from Niagara-on-the-Lake vineyards at below 10°C. Very different from other dessert wines.
Ice Cuvee - A wine combining sparkling wine with Canada's other esteemed vinous speciality, ice wine. Truly original Canadian flavour.
Peller Estates Winery won international acclaims including Best Canadian Winery of the Year at London's International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) in 2015.
Source: The Peterborough Examiner, Summer Cocktails with the wine of Winter
By Shari Darling
Icewine is an intense ingredient to use to prepare exotic summer cocktails. Celebrating the frozen Canadian grape, these summer beverages will also harmonize with a variety of barbecue sauces and desserts.
Not all icewines are expensive. Save the expensive vintages, keep them until there is a special occasion. This is a brilliant idea adding to dinner party menu for casual entertaining at home, use the less expensive versions to mix with other ingredients to make the cocktails.
Peller Estates Vidal Icewine is a perfect example. Here's a tasty Icewine at less than a quarter the cost. It offers classic Niagara Peach notes, great balancing acidity on a perfectly sweet palate.
Classic Icewine Martini
1 1/4 oz Peller Estates Icewine (suggest Vidal icewine)
1 1/4 oz Premium Vodka
Garnish with 3 frozen grapes (seedless and skinless)
Riesling Apple Icewine Martini
1 oz Peller Estates Riesling Icewine
1 oz Premium Vodka
1/2 oz Apple Liqueur Garnish with baby crab apple
Icewine "Royale"
1 oz Peller Estates Cabernet Franc Icewine
3 oz sparkling wine or Champagne (layered on top of Icewine)
Garnish with fresh floating raspberry
On a hot August evening, how about enjoying with friends an icewine slushie? To make a slushy, fill the blender with 10 ice cubes. While blender is on high, slowly add enough icewine to cover the ice. Blend until frothy and enjoy.
Just wanted to share some recent awards that Peller Estates, one of our exclusive brands from Canada, have won from the very competitive 2016 Los Angeles International Wine Competition:
See the full list of winners here, including more awards that Peller Estates achieved in other categories of this competition. For your opportunity to taste these award-winning wines in Hong Kong, please check out the Peller Estates collection on Cuvees.com
Glad to share the news - Canada Food Campaign 2016 is fast approaching!
Cuvees will be supporting the Canada Food Campaign organised by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. Porterhouse by Laris, one of the participating restaurants, will feature a selection of Canadian wines during the month-long promotion in July. For programme details, please refer to the CanCham website here.
In the lead up to the campaign, the Chamber will host a Canada Dinner at Porterhouse, where guests will be served with a menu with all Canadian ingredients, designed by restaurant Executive Chef Angie Ford. Cuvees is honoured to be sponsoring all pairing wines - white, red and sweet wines from different producing regions, adding vibrant and distinctive flavours to the event.
Here's a sneak preview of the menu:
