1. The Date and Time: Monday March 6, 2017 11AM to 4PM
The Event: Taste Ontario Toronto; VQA Wines of Ontario
The Venue: ROM
The Target Audience: wine trade (media at 11, trade at 1)
The Availability/Catalogue: all wines are available at winery or LCBO. The catalogue had full details with names of contact persons.
The Quote/Background: Over 40 wineries participated, from Lake Erie North Shore, Niagara Peninsula, and Prince Edward County.
The Wines: I did not taste every wine; there were 130. Prices are retail. Scores are added for each wine.
**** BEST -- Four Stars (90+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
90 Stratus Vineyards Stratus White Niagara Lakeshore 2013 13.8 +660704 $38
90 Tawse Winery Tawse Chardonnay Niagara Peninsula 2013 12.5 N/A $20.15
94 Thomas Bachelder Chardonnay Mineralité Niagara Peninsula 2014 12.50% N/A
92+ 2027 Cellars LTD Wismer Vineyard - Foxcroft Block - Chardonnay Twenty Mile Bench 2014 12.8 +421362 Vintages $22.95
92 Adamo Estate Winery Oaked Chardonnay Willms Vineyard 2014 Niagara On The Lake 2014 13.8% N/A $31
92 Cave Spring Cellars Riesling CSV Beamsville Bench 2015 11.5% +566026 $29.95
94 Southbrook Vineyards Southbrook Poetica Chardonnay Four Mile Creek 2013 13 N/A $50 90 Southbrook Vineyards Southbrook Estate Grown Small Lot '101' Cabernet Franc Four Mile Creek 2013 12.5 N/A $34.95
90 Chateau des Charmes Rosé sparkling wine Méthode Traditionnelle Niagara-on-the-Lake 2014 12.5 +78055 $29.95
94 Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery Cuvée Catharine Rosé Brut VQA Niagara Peninsula NV 12% +217505 $33.84
93+ Icellars Estate Winery Chardonnay Niagara-on-the-lake 2014 13.5 $35
90 Icellars Estate Winery Pinot Noir Niagara-on-the-lake 2015 13 $45
90 Malivoire Wine Company Bisous Brut Nature Beamsville Bench NV 12 N/A $34.95
90 Closson Chase Vineyards Closson Chase South Clos Chardonnay Prince Edward County 2014 12.5 N/A $39.95
90 Domaine Queylus Pinot Noir Signature Niagara Peninsula 2013 13 N/A
90 Flat Rock Cellars Pinot Noir Twenty Mile Bench 2014 13% 1545 $20.20
92 Flat Rock Cellars Chardonnay Twenty Mile Bench 2015 13.5% +681247 $18.95
93 Flat Rock Cellars Riddled Traditional Method Sparkling Twenty Mile Bench 2010 12% +383315 $29.95
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 89.5 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
88 Flat Rock Cellars Riesling Twenty Mile Bench 2015 9.5% +43281 $16.95
89 Good Earth Vineyards & Winery (The) Riesling Beamsville Bench 2014 9.6 $21.95
89 GreenLane Estate Winery Tenacious C[hardonnay] Lincoln Lakeshore 2014 13.2 $19.95
88 GreenLane Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Lincoln Lakeshore 2012 13.5 $32.95
88+ Cooper's Hawk Vineyards Unoaked Chardonnay Ontario 2015 11% +453167 $14.95
89+ Creekside Estate Winery Chardonnay Queenston Road Vineyard St. David's Bench 2014 13 $24.95
88 Creekside Estate Winery Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon St. David's Bench 2012 13.5 $40
89 Domaine Queylus Chardonnay Tradition Niagara Peninsula 2014 13 N/A $24.95
89+ Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery Estate Chardonnay VQA Short Hills Bench 2015 13.5 268342 $22.54
89 Magnotta Winery G. Marquis Chardonnay Niagara-on-the-Lake 2015 13.6 N/A $17.95
89 Magnotta Winery Magnotta Enotrium Gran Reserva Niagara Peninsula 2012 15.5 N/A $60.15
88 Meldville Wines Meldville Sauvignon Blanc Lincoln Lakeshore 2015 13.8 N/A $20.20
89+ Meldville Wines Meldville Chardonnay Lincoln Lakeshore 2015 13.2 N/A $20.20 89 Norman Hardie Winery & Vineyard County Chardonnay VQA Prince Edward County 2014 11.4% N/A $45.20
89+ Norman Hardie Winery & Vineyard Chardonnay VQA Niagara Peninsula 2014 12.2% +184432 $39.20
89 Norman Hardie Winery & Vineyard Pinot Noir VQA Niagara Peninsula 2015 11.9% 208702 $45.20
89 Nyarai Cellars Viognier Niagara Peninsula 2015 13% $22.95
88 Pelee Island Winery Vinedresser Chardonnay Lake Erie North Shore 2012 13% 492462 $17.75
88 Rapscallion Wine Company Frisky Beaver Shades of Grey Chardonnay VQA Ontario 2015 12.8% 490383 $14.95
89 Redstone Winery Redstone Cabernet Niagara Peninsula 2013 13 NA $19.95
89 Domaine Queylus Pinot Noir Reserve Niagara Peninsula 2012 13.5 N/A $45
89 Fielding Estate Winery Riesling Niagara Peninsula 2014 10.5 +146761 $15.95
88+ Reif Estate Winery Reif Estate Chardonnay Reserve Niagara River 2014 13.5 % +252163 $22.15
89 Reif Estate Winery Reif Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Niagara River 2014 13 % +304162 $30.15
88+ Rosewood Estates Winery Origin Chardonnay Beamsville Bench 2014 13 $28.95 89 Chateau des Charmes Equuelus St. David's Bench 2012 13.5 319525 $42.00
89+ Chateau des Charmes Old Vines Riesling, Estate Bottled Niagara-on-the-Lake 2014 12 277228 $17.95
88 Chateau des Charmes Cuvée d'Andrée Rosé, Estate Grown & Bottled Niagara-on-the-Lake 2015 12.6 333260 $15.95
89 Rosewood Estates Winery Origin Cabernet Franc Niagara Peninsula 2014 13.2 $29.95
89 Southbrook Vineyards Southbrook Triomphe Chardonnay Niagara Peninsula 2015 12.5 N/A $22.95
89 Southbrook Vineyards Southbrook Triomphe Pinot Noir Niagara Peninsula 2015 12.5 N/A $29.95
88 Stoney Ridge Estate Winery Excellence Pinot Noir Niagara Peninsula 2015 12.5% N/A $29.95
88 13th Street Winery Cuvee Rose NV Niagara Peninsula NV 12.5% 147504 $27.95
88 2027 Cellars LTD Queenston Road Vineyard' Pinot Noir St. David's Bench 2013 13 421370 $35.00
88 2027 Cellars LTD 2027 Cellars Falls Vineyard Riesling Vinemount Ridge 2016 10 n/a $18.95
88 Adamo Estate Winery Gewurztraminer Wismer - Lakeview Vineyard 2015 Twenty Mile Bench 2015 12.9% N/A $19.95
89 Adamo Estate Winery Pinot Noir Lowrey Vineyard 2014 St. David's Bench 2014 12.8% N/A $34.75
89 Thomas Bachelder Wismer Vineyard Chardonnay Twenty Mile Bench 2012 12.5 $44.95
88 Thomas Bachelder Pinot Noir Parfum Niagara Peninsula 2014 12.5 N/A
89+ Thomas Bachelder Wismer-Parke Pinot Noir Twenty Mile Bench 2014 13 $44.95
88 Westcott Vineyards Reserve Chardonnay Vinemount Ridge 2015 12.9 N/A $32.95
89 Westcott Vineyards Estate Pinot Noir Vinemount Ridge 2013 13.5 N/A $30.00
88 Two Sisters Vineyards Eleventh Post Niagara River 2012 14% N/A $39.00
88 Cave Spring Cellars Chardonnay CSV Beamsville Bench 2014 13% +529941 $29.95
89 Cave Spring Cellars Pinot Noir Estate Beamsville Bench 2015 13% +246561 $39.95
86 Stratus Vineyards Tollgate Red Niagara-on-the-Lake 2014 13.5 N/A $22 88+ Stratus Vineyards Stratus Red Niagara Lakeshore 2012 13.8 +131037 $44.00
89 Tawse Winery Tawse Riesling Niagara Peninsula 2015 10 NA $16.05
*** GOOD -- Three Stars (85 – 87 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
86 Fielding Estate Winery Estate Bottled Chardonnay Lincoln Lakeshore 2015 12.5 +355842 $21.95
86 GreenLane Estate Winery Riesling Lincoln Lakeshore 2014 10.9 $12.95
86 Icellars Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Niagara-on-the-lake 2015 13 $50.00
85 Icellars Estate Winery Arinna Niagara-on-the-lake 2014 13 $39.00
86 Creekside Estate Winery Iconoclast Syrah St. David's Bench 2013 12.2 $22.95
85 Vieni Estates Wine and Spirits Sauvignon Blanc Vinemount Ridge 2013 13 N/A
86 Pelee Island Winery Vinedressers Cabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot Lake Erie North Shore 2012 13% 492470 $19.75
86 Redstone Winery Redstone Redfoot Vineyard Viognier 2015 Lincoln Lakeshore 2015 13 N/A $29.95
86 Stoney Ridge Estate Winery Gewurztraminer Niagara Peninsula 2015 13% N/A $14.95
86 Meldville Wines Meldville Cabernet Franc Lincoln Lakeshore 2015 13 N/A $27.00
85 Mike Weir Estate Winery Chardonnay Niagara Peninsula 2016 12.5 26 $14.95
86 Stoney Ridge Estate Winery Excellence Merlot Niagara Peninsula 2015 13.5% na $24.95
85 Vineland Estates Winery Cabernet Merlot Niagara Peninsula 2015 12.5 $15.00
85 Westcott Vineyards Violette Sparkling Brut Vinemount Ridge NV 12.3 N/A $25.95
87 Aure Wines Viognier Ontario 2015 11.2 $15.95
86 Two Sisters Vineyards Riesling Niagara Escarpment 2015 10.7% n/a $35.00
87 Tawse Winery Tawse Pinot Noir Niagara Peninsula 2013 13 NA $22.15
86 Rosewood Estates Winery Select Series Merlot Niagara Escarpment 2013 13 $19.95
The Food: WMAO graciously provided a variety of baguette sandwiches, wraps, salads, and grains – plus some desserts and coffees.
The Downside: I had to leave early for another engagement, but I did spend almost 3 hours tasting what I could.
The Upside: a chance to catch up with VQA wines ahead of the Ontario Wine Awards.
The Contact Person: magdalena@wmao.ca
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 92.
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