2010 Quebec Food & Icewine held in Beijing

The Canadian Embassy hosted 2010 Quebec Food & Icewine Tasting to showcase Quebec icewines and food in China. 

According to Zhangke, the importer, NEIGE is made by La Face Cachee de la Pomme, and it is the first Apple Ice Wine in the world.In the fall, very ripe apples are picked and stored at cool temperatures until the end of December. Neige (which means snow) is made from apples harvested in the fall and pressed at Christmas time. Their juice is then kept outside in the freezing winter cold, in order to naturally separate the sugar from the water through the process known as cryo-concentration. This is the way we then obtain our precious syrup, which we let slowly ferment over a period of 6 to 7 months.