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Fred Couch, Ontario Wine Society – Niagara Chapter
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Pillitteri Estates Winery has been awarded the top prize at a wine competition in France . The Niagara-on-the-Lake winery was awarded first overall and a gold medal at the Effervescents du Monde Competition held recently in Burgundy . Pillitteri's 2008 sparkling Cabernet Icewine was the only North American wine to break the top 10
Birchwood Wines has moved to 20 Bees in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The property has been sold and a new winery will be opening there later in the year. The former Thomas and Vaughan Winery has been sold yet again. Once remaining Thomas & Vaughan wines have been liquidated a new winery will open on the property.
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Andrzej Lipinski has joined the team at Cornerstone Winery in Beamsville. www.cornerstonewinery.com . He is working part time as a consultant and will be making some new wines such as Gewurztraminer, Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc. Andrzej is also the winemaker at the Organized Crime and The Foreign Affair wineries. |
Follow the progress of a winery under development. Burning Mills Vineyards of Port Dover has plans to produce “unique and highly valued wines – both red and white made in the appasimento style, as well as Icewine and late harvest wine”. The first wines should be ready by 2011. A television documentary is being made of the winery's development. For more information go to: www.burningmills.com
The icewine cometh. The Icewine Festival, held every January in Niagara, attracts visitors from all over North America . Some of the highlights include an Icewine Gala evening, jazz and wine events, an ice bar in Niagara-on-the-Lake and a discovery passport, which allows purchasers to visit a number of wineries for a food and icewine experience. For more information - www.icewinefestival.com .
Our condolences to the family of Gabe Magnotta who passed away on December 30th. Gabe was the founder and head of the Magnotta Winery Corporation – Canada's third largest wine producer in volume and sales.
Previous Articles by Fred Couch
~ Dec 2009
~ Aug 1 2009
~ Sept 2009
~ Calamus Estate Winery
~ Oct 09 Grape King
~ Nov 09
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