An Ice Wine Christmas

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‐ ‐ Oh my God!

Awww!

‐ Congratulations!

We were all crying in the back!

That was a beautiful proposal.

‐ Oh, Thanks, Camila.

I can’t believe he rented out the whole place.

‐ This is where we had our first date. So it felt right.

‐ Well, a Christmas engagement calls for something

truly special ‐ ice wine.

It’s produced from grapes

that have been frozen on the vine.

Now the sugars don’t freeze, but the water does,

so the juice gets very concentrated.

It’s like an explosion of sweetness.

Just like the two of you.

Congratulations again. To Jerry and Anya!

Ice wine is a festive choice!

Very rare.

You can only harvest it in places

that are warm enough to ripen the grapes

and cold enough to freeze them.

Risky. Weather dependant.

Drink, drink. Salute!

‐ It’s incredible. I mean, how do you know what I want

before I know it?

‐ She is the best sommelier in Philadelphia.

‐ Aw... my God.

‐ Anyone can go to school, but she has a gift.

She gets a feeling in her gut and she follows it.

I’d swear she is Italian! ‐

‐ Well, we fell in love with her selections.

But this one is just over the top delicious.

‐ Oh, I’m so glad.

‐ What winery is it from? ‐ Um, Evergreen.

It’s my, my Godfather’s winery.

Henry gave me and my sister jobs at the vineyard

when we were teenagers.

You know, taught us everything we know about wine.

In fact, my sister, Beth, she manages it now.

‐ I live in fear that when she goes home for the holidays,

another restaurant will try to steal her away from me.

‐ Roberto, fear not! The town is very small.

You know, he is a little nervous to face

the Christmas rush without me.

‐ More like terrified. ‐

‐ See I told you. ‐ Where is home?

‐ Um, upstate New York.

This little pocket near Niagara.

We’re sort of famous for the wine and Christmas festival.

‐ All our favorite things.

‐ Yeah. You should come visit!

You won’t be disappointed.

We have volunteers that come to help us harvest the grapes.

Now it isn’t easy, you know,

because we can only pick them when it’s 17 degrees or lower.

So it’s usually the middle of the night,

and the whole thing has to be done in six hours.

‐ Oh wow. That sounds very cold and stressful.

‐ No. It’s actually great, you know, it’s a lot of fun.

I love it. You feel a little bit like Santa.

He only has a certain amount of time to deliver the gifts.

So we have six hours to harvest ours.

I’m telling you, you should come.

You won’t be disappointed. Come visit.

Our ice wine is like Christmas in a bottle.

Enjoy guys.

‐ Camila. ‐ Yes?

‐ Ah, you know, I wasn’t joking earlier.

I‐I really do believe you have a gift.

‐ Oh. You’re the man who gave me my first shot

and I’ve always been grateful.

‐ Well, I like to think of myself as a smart businessman.

‐ Well, you’re all of those things.

I mean, you own four of the best restaurants

in Philly, right?

‐ And I would like to make you head sommelier for all of them.

I want to create a position for you.

‐ Roberto, that’s an amazing opportunity.

‐ Yes it’s a big job.

You’d have access to the finest wines in the world.

Endless possibilities.

‐ I don’t even know what to say.

‐ Well, just take some time over the Christmas holidays

to think about it. ‐ Okay, I will.

Thank you so much.

‐ You know, you’re my best employee.

You answer my calls day or night.

It’s my favorite thing about you.

That won’t be changing on vacation, will it?

‐ No. I’m always here for you.

‐ Bene.

Hey!

Is this my Christmas present come early?

‐ Yes.

‐ Your mom is waiting for you at the diner.

‐ I know. I’m gonna head over. I just had to see you first.

‐ Ohhh. Sure. See me or the vineyard?

‐ Ah, well, both. ‐ Yeah...

‐ You know, I’m not home if I don’t see the vineyard.

‐ Hey, tell me everything. How are you?

How’s the job? Regale me with dating stories!

‐ Oh, I don’t have time for dating.

‐ Oh, there’s always time for love.

‐ I barely got the time off to be here for Christmas

when do you think I’m gonna fit in love?

‐ Your boss works you too hard. ‐ Hm.

So how’s prep going for the Christmas festival?

‐ Well... good,

I‐I decided to take a step back this year.

Y‐your sister put together a little Christmas committee

for the festival.

‐ Okay, Henry, are you okay?

‐ Of course. People just get older.

I don’t recommend it.

‐ Sure, people, but not my Henry.

‐ Well, I‐I went to visit my brother in Florida

and I uh,

I decided I wouldn’t mind living there half the year.

Especially the cold months, you know.

‐ Wait‐Wait, are you gonna be a snowbird?

‐ You say that like it’s a bad thing.

‐ Yeah, ’cause I can’t imagine Christmas without you.

Who’s gonna predict the freeze for the ice wine harvest?

‐ I’m working on a plan for that.

‐ And what about the Christmas festival?

‐ Well, the committee’s done a great job.

They just simplified it a little bit.

Hey, let‐let’s talk about it tomorrow.

‐ Okay.

‐ The lights on main street look wonderful.

You probably won’t even notice the changes.

Oh um, I will.

The only big difference is the bell tower.

They chose not to light it this year.

Why?

Well, the bell broke a few years back and uh...

they thought it best not to draw attention to it.

But the lights on the bell tower,

that’s the best part.

‐ Hey, excuse me, are‐are you lost?

‐ Ah! Yes! Actually I am. ‐ Oh.

‐ First time in Evergreen.

‐ Oh, well I can see that.

You know, it‐it gets very cold here at Christmas.

‐ Yeah, I brought the wrong clothes,

and it’s kind of weird

seeing that weather’s kind of my thing.

‐ I didn’t know weather could be anyone’s thing but‐‐

‐ I um, I was gonna buy warmer clothes when I got here,

but my flight got delayed

and now all the shops are closed.

‐ Well, you know, in winter,

six o’clock becomes midnight around here.

‐ Yeah, I can see that.

Do you think you point me to uh, Sunny’s Diner?

I’m supposed to meet my boss there.

‐ Oh. Your boss? ‐ Yeah.

‐ Hm. That’s interesting.

And you wanna know another‐ another interesting fact?

During the winter,

Sunny’s Diner becomes the "Snowman’s" Diner.

‐ Snowman. ‐ Yeah.

I’m Camila by the way.

‐ Camila. ‐ Declan.

‐ Nice to meet you. It’s‐it’s right there.

Um, you can follow me if you want.

‐ Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn’t have found it.

Ohhh!

‐ Oh, look at this.

‐ Wow, that’s... a lot of snowmen.

‐ Do my eyes deceive me

or is this my daughter, back from the big city?

Ay, Camila, mi amor!

Camila you have to eat.

I can feel the hunger in your bones.

‐ Mom, you can’t feel my hunger.

‐ Oh, is this your boyfriend?!

‐ No.

‐ Oh.

‐ My baby sister! ‐ Feliz Navidad!

‐ We’ve missed you so much. ‐ Oh, I miss you too.

‐ Christmas hasn’t been the same without you.

Oh you’re the sweetest. ‐ The sweetest!

‐ And you must be Declan.

I’m Beth. ‐ Yes.

‐ I’m so glad that you can join us,

it’s nice to finally meet you in person.

‐ Ah, so you know this gentleman?

‐ Yes of course! He is staying at Henry’s.

‐ Yeah. ‐ He is?

‐ Ah yeah, he uh,

we hired him to do some work at the vineyard.

I just wanted him to meet everyone.

‐ Ah, so he is nobody’s boyfriend?

Ooh, what a pity, no? ‐ Stop it.

‐ Ah, let’s eat before she tries to marry you off.

‐ Sit down everyone, sit down.

‐ Camila made these when we were kids.