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Toronto
Toronto lies on the shore of Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes. Home to more than 2 million people, the city is the key to one of North America's most vibrant regions, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). 4.5 million Canadians live in the GTA, the cultural, entertainment, and financial capital of the nation. The city is also the seat of the Ontario government
Located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario, farther south than Minnesota and much of Michigan.
The GTA includes Markham, Vaughan and Mississauga

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Their head office is located in greater Toronto with their vineyards in Niagara. Their label their wines Rose Hill
The vineyard produces Cabernet Sauvignon,Merlot,Riesling,and Chardonnay. Winemaking method traditional Cuvee
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672 Chrislea Rd,
Woodbridge Ontario
L4L 8K9
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Owners Grace and Angelo Locilento fulfilled a life long dream to produce quality wines. The winery located in Woodbridge uses grapes harvested from the Niagara to produce their VQA wines. Along with Winemaker They are noted for their VQA Marechal Foch, Cilento's Cabernet, Riesling and Riesling Icewines.
They boast one of the largest cellars for barrel aging in Ontario. The walls are painted with life-sized murals of old traditional European winemaking activities. A new winery located in Woodbridge( Vaughan) within Toronto GTA. The custom designed two-story 36,000 square foot facility houses Cilento's winemaking and bottling process, in addition to a retail shop and the winery's administration offices
Icewines
Winemaker:
The mandate of the Cilento Winery is to create the best wine available on the market. We are interested in quality above and beyond anything else. We have assembled a tremendous team at Cilento and we all share the same philosophy of producing quality wine that we are proud to sell and that will be superior to any on the market in its class
Cilento Wines made its mark in the arts this winter when it became the Canadian Opera Company's SurtitlesTM sponsor.
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Magnotta Winery
271 Chrislea Rd
Vaughan Ont.
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Owners Gabe and Roseanna Magnotta started their winery in 1989 selling directly to consumers. Their wines have won over 700 medals, including the Black Diamond Trophy They are just one of many Canadian wineries that made the world stand up and take notice. Robert Henn is the winemaker. The Magnottas believe in good wine good food, good companionship and laughter.
They have had a remarkable growth currently operating wineries at, Vaughan,Mississauga,Kitchener,Scarborough, and Beamsville. Theses are all franchises.
The winery is know for its Vidal Icewine but it promises to release a VIN DE GLACE Eau de Vie which they call the most expensive ever produced without aging.
Magnotta Winery Corporation owns approximately 180 acres of vineyards in the Niagara Peninsula, as well as 351 acres in the Maipo Valley in Chile.
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Scotch Block Winery
R.R. 5 9365 10th Sideroad
Milton, ON L9T 2X9
Canada
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A fruit winery located in the Municpality of Halton part of Greater Toronto Area.
The name "Scotch Block Winery" was chosen as a tribute to the Scottish settlers who in 1820 were the first European immigrants to survey and settle in Esquesing Township, Halton County.
Scotch Block Winery is nestled in the area known as Scotch Block - an area of rich, fertile, rolling farmland of which the scenic Niagara Escarpment is a breathtaking backdrop. The winery is owned by Bret Andrews along with his wife
Laurie and their young children Angela, Kurtis and Valerie established Andrews Scenic Acres in 1980. The winery was established in 1999.
winemaker: Terry Rayner and Paul de Lestard
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Vinoteca Winery
527 Jevlan Dr
Woodbridge
ON L4L 8W1
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In 1989, Vinoteca was founded as the first Greater Toronto Area Winery by Giovanni and Rosanna Follegot.
The name comes form joining the Italian "Vino" (wine) with "Teca" (a chest for special treasures). Most of their grapes are
grown in Vineland. However they do import grapes from Giovanni's own Italian vineyard
Winemaker: Giovanni Follegot
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