Overhead view of five glasses holding different styles of wine, from pale white and rosé to deep red and amber

Vidal Style Dessert Wine

Winemaking

The Grape

Vidal Style Dessert Wine is crafted to replicate the flavours and aromas of a classic Canadian ice wine made from Vidal grapes. Vidal is a white hybrid grape variety created by crossing Ugni Blanc and another hybrid variety called Seibel 4986. It is a very winter-hardy variety making it well suited to the Canadian climate. Winemakers make ice wine by harvesting and pressing the grapes once they are frozen on the vine. Only a small amount of concentrated, very sweet juice is extracted because the water is left behind as ice.

A vineyard in winter, the bare vines touched with frost

The Wines

Vidal Style Dessert Wine is a luscious, intensely flavoured wine, boasting rich aromas and flavours of boasts delicious creamy peach, candied citrus peel and honey. Because the Vidal grape also has a firm backbone of acidity, the sweetness is perfectly balanced with a pleasing and refreshing tartness. Like classic ice wines, our Dessert Wines usually have a slightly lower alcohol content than regular table wine - between eight and 13 percent.

The Occasions

Vidal Style Dessert Wine is a perfect complement to a sophisticated soiree. Pair it with rich, strongly flavoured appetizers such as foie gras and aged blue cheeses. You can also use it as a “dosage”—try adding a splash to give a new dimension to sparkling wine or cocktails.