Germany is the traditional home of Eiswein but producers in Canada, such as Inniskillin, Jackson-Triggs and Mission Hill, have created an important export market and the country now makes more ice-wine than any other nation in the world.

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There are 196 wineries in British Columbia, ranging from small family-run operations on Vancouver Island to sprawling estates in the Okanagan Valley, and recent International Wine and Spirits Competition awards for local wineries like Mission Hill and Jackson-Triggs have put the area on par with other vino-heavyweights, such as France, South Africa and Argentina.

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