Article: Extra special: wine-flavored ice creams, sorbets and an expanding organic lineup help fill a key niche in retailers' ice cream sections.(SPECIALTY ICE CREAM)

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CONSUMERS LOVE THEIR ICE CREAM in all shapes and sizes, but sometimes they need just a little something extra to satisfy that cold "sweet spot." Smart retailers know that. So they keep a special little niche of their ice cream sections open to a handful of hard-to-find flavors or specialty ice creams.

A growing range of these specialty products are traditional flavors made organically or a whole new taste spectrum like sorbets and ice creams that feature wine-infused flavors.

The organic ice cream movement first came to the fore with brands like Julie's Organic from Oregon Ice Cream Co., Eugene, Ore., which is solid in pints in natural and ...

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