Ontario's wine regions are located right in the middle of the northern grape growing belt, between 41° and 44° north. This places them on the same latitude as Bordeaux and the northern California wine regions.
Many of the wineries are located in the historic Niagara-on-the-Lake, on the Niagara Peninsula. With complex glacial soils and a climate similar to that of Burgundy, the Loire Valley, Oregon and New Zealand, the region is ideal for growing grapes.
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Location
Ontario is Canada's second largest Province, bounded on the north
by the Hudson Bay, in the south by the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence
River.
Grapes
- Red: Cabernet Franc, Gamay Noir, Pinot
Noir
- White: Chardonnay, Riesling
Look Out For
Award winners such as:
- Red: Cave Spring Cellars, Cabernet Merlot
2002
- White: Strewn Winery, Riesling Semi Dry 2003
- Sweet White:
Pillitteri Estates Winery, Riesling Icewine 2002
- Sweet Rose:
Inniskillin Cabernet Franc Ice Wine
- Sparkling: Jackson-Triggs
Niagara Estate Winery, Proprietor’s
- Grand Reserve Méthode
Classique 2001
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