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HillJ
Jul 11, 2007 04:22 PM
The varieties we've had were purchased at a wine cellar in NJ, in the frozen section of our local Whole Foods and at a vineyard. In all cases delicious, clearly marketed to adults and we did not feel the booze effect, just a refreshing light frozen dessert.
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Scoops in LA makes a great Guiness ice cream. And a few weeks ago, the owner went through a wine sorbet stage--chardonney peach, pinot noir something etc.
I liked the guiness ice cream pretty well. I also liked the chardoney peach but found with the wine sorbets, it was more like tasting the essence or undertones of the wine, not the actual wine. You know how people describe something as blackberry tones--well like that but definitely wine.
Better than guiness and wine are things like Vanilla whiskey or mojito or rum raisin...Scoops had those for a while and they were very very tasty..mmmmmmm.
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I don't understand the big deal either. I've made a champagne sorbet for just about as long as I can remember. And then there is pears poached in wine. Oh yeah, as a kid I always ate rum cake so strong that it gave me a slight buzz. I turned out okay (I think!? lol). Alcohol has long been a desert.
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Ruth Lafler
Jul 7, 2007 05:42 PM
I think the point is not that it's a wine-based dessert -- I agree, those are pretty common. I think the point is that it's a POPSICLE, which is usually thought of as (1) being a kiddie snack, (2) being simple and ungourmet. Also, popsicles traditionally don't have any ingredients except for the flavored liquid itself -- although I've had delicious wine ice creams and sorbets, I'm not sure licking a popsicle made out of pinot noir would be appealing.
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orangewasabi
Jul 6, 2007 10:53 AM
did you get carded to purchase them, like you would alcholic bevvies?
if not, I am assuming the alcohol content is lower than the 'cooking wine' sold in the spice aisle. And if so, it's no different than allowing clear alcohols that pass as 'water' to be sold.
in either case, parents beware of either fraudulent ID use or drinking along with the myriad other issues that keep em up at night.
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JK Grence the Cosmic Jester
Jul 6, 2007 04:51 AM
As I'm completely hooked on the strawberry-champagne granita that a local gelateria makes, I'd have to say it's a fairly clever idea. You'd be sick from any sugar content before you could get drunk off the booze (if the alcohol content is too high they'll never freeze), but it would certainly be a novel dessert for a classy BBQ dinner party.
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Covert Ops
Jul 6, 2007 10:02 AM
Agreed. Cones in the West Village made an awesome Dom Perignon lemon sorbet. . .
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KaimukiMan
Jul 5, 2007 07:45 PM
whats so strange, champagne jello and gelatto have been around for a while now. this way you can have your wine iced without diluting it! i think for a corn dog i'd opt for a pinot gris - it has that extra zip to it to cut thru the breading on the corn dog.
all kidding aside, lots of people were offended when gallo first brought out the bartles and james wine coolers back in the 70's. Yet they managed to train a whole generation to begin to appreicate wine. ah yes, popsicles, the new gateway drug......
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re: abowes
ooo... i kno this might be slightly off topic, but I could totally go for a wine cooler slushee right now... a 16 oz berry "slushee" from a stand @ the fair or park in the afternoon heat, w/ a couple of dribbles down the side for stickiness effect...
aah... perfect mini vacation moment away from the screaming kiddies.
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Sam Fujisaka
Jul 5, 2007 07:19 PM
Its so nice to have things to look forward to. My next LAX Holiday Inn stopover from Colombia to Asia; the gas station down below--two pinot popsicles, couple of corn dogs and "cheeseburgers" with all the "sides", pint of Jim Beam, American TV...gasp, pant!
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jfood
Jul 5, 2007 06:28 PM
hopefully they have NO alcohol.
if yes then it's truly stupid and another thing for parents of teenagers to worry about.
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orangewasabi
Jul 6, 2007 10:51 AM
that icecube idea is brilliant -- freezing wine for later use in sauces, sure, we all know that one. But avoiding the watering down of whites, that's just genius.
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LNG212
Jul 5, 2007 06:00 PM
Vintage New York has been selling wine sorbet for a while now. The ones they have are from someplace called Wine Cellar Sorbets (www.winecellarsorbets.com ). They are really good.
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Cheese Boy
Jul 5, 2007 05:55 PM
Ice Cream: http://glacedevino.com/OrderWineIceCr...
There's a market for *everything* .
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re: Fog City Kid
Denise's Ice Cream (http://www.denisesicecream.com/) here in Columbus, Ohio, makes a wonderful Guiness Ice Cream. BTW, if you're in Columbus, you're in Ice Cream Mecca...we have Graeter's (http://www.graeters.com/), Handel's (http://www.handelsicecream.com/), Denise's, Jeni's (http://www.jenisicecreams.com/), Ben And Jerry's (http://www.benjerry.com/), Haagen-Dazs (http://www.haagen-dazs.com/), Cold Stone Creamery (http://www.coldstonecreamery.com/), Johnson's (http://www.johnsonsrealicecream.com), Maggiemoos (http://www.maggiemoos.com), Mardi Gras, Hartzler Family Dairy (www.hartzlerfamilydairy.com), Velvet Ice Cream and Ye Olde Mill (www.velveticecream.com), and my personal favorite (besides Denise's), Young's Jersey Dairy (www.youngsdairy.com) where you can even pet the cows that make the milk that makes the ice cream...oh, and of course there's 22 Dairy Queens...
and the latest addition, not far from my house, Sporano's Ice Cream and Gellato where I recently had Black Cherry Zinfandel gellato. Mmmmm, Ice Cream.... -
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ktmoomau
Jul 10, 2007 01:19 PM
A place called Rustico in the Northern Virginia/DC area has beer popsicles (hopefully still there now that I said this there was a big hub bub over it), they also have Guinness cupcakes. I don't know what beer the popsicle is made out of. Never had either, but just thought I would let you know.
