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Eiswein

/ˈʌɪsvʌɪn/
noun
mass noun
Wine made from ripe grapes picked while covered with frost.

Origin
From German, from Eis ‘ice’ + Wein ‘wine’.

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Martin made Eiswein mainly because he delayed harvesting his grapes until after the frosts froze the vines.

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