An Upstate ice cream maker has combined two tantalizing treats into one wild new product.
<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_idlYwkc9AhE/Ri1D5zqBLdI/AAAAAAAABDo/cu7NTBmFnGs/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_idlYwkc9AhE/Ri1D5zqBLdI/AAAAAAAABDo/cu7NTBmFnGs/s200/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056772617004985810" /></a>On days like today, when the mercury climbs unseasonably to the 90 level, it's not unusual for people to take a drive into the mountains to cool off. If you tend to be among that crowd and venture to, say, Boonville in Oneida County, I've got a tip for you: wine ice cream.
It took two years of experimentation, but <a href="http://www.mercersdairy.com">Mercer's Dairy</a> 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.
Factoid: Mercer's, which makes about 40 other flavors, purchases a lot of its milk from various New York state prisons that maintain dairy herds.
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