On days like this, when the mercury hits an unseasonable 90, a lot of us think ahead to the days we’ll be able to hop in the car and head for cooler climes.
If you’re part of that crowd and, in the heat of the moment, feel like driving into the Adirondacks around Boonville, there’s a special treat awaiting you at Mercer’s Dairy: wine ice cream.
It took two years of experimentation, but Mercer’s has created Ala Port Wine, Peachy White Zinfandel and Red Raspberry Chardonnay ice cream flavors. Cool stuff, and already being purchased by trendy New York City restaurants.
This ice cream, by the way, is not kid stuff. It has an alcohol content of 5% and will not be sold to minors. Luckily for the kids, Mercer’s makes about 40 other flavors.
Factoid: Mercer’s purchases a lot of its milk from various New York state prisons that maintain dairy herds.
(Posted 06/07/07)
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