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Article: STATE CALLS WINE ICE CREAM A FOOD PRODUCT, NOT A BEVERAGE; CNY DAIRY TURNS WINE INTO ICE CREAM.(News)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- March 25, 2007
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Byline: Hart Seely Staff writer
Imagine bellying up to the bar, slapping down a ten-spot and snarling, "Double scoop of Chardonnay on a sugar cone with rainbow sprinkles!"
Jim Derway intends to make it happen.
"We have a window of opportunity here," said Derway, the general manager/flavor designer at Mercer's Ice Cream in Boonville. "This is a new product, a brand new concept."
The concept? Turning wine into ice cream.
Since December, this small, locally owned Oneida County dairy has taken aim at a heretofore uncorked ice cream market: the wine connoisseur. Along with its traditional 36 flavors, the company has added three for adults only - Ala Port ...