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On 4 Jan 2004 12:52:00 -0800, (Mark Willstatter)
wrote:

>Michael Pronay > wrote in message >...
>> Mike Tommasi > wrote:
>>
>> > we served a "vin de glaciere", an experimental "icebox wine"
>> > made with local vermentino grapes by our winemaking friends
>> > Dupere Barrera, gives an eiswein impression but it has 15
>> > degrees of alcohol!
>>
>> Was that an official experiment, sanctioned by the authirities? If
>> not, I guess this is highly illegal within the European Union!
>>
>> M.
>
>What's illegal - making a wine in this way or the labeling?

Cold extraction is an artificial concentration technique, illegal
except for naturally occurring phenomena in regions that recognize ice
wine.

Mike