Dan Sullivan is an old timer by County standards, but he’s only been making wines since 2001, when he first planted wines on his property. He started out as an…
Prince Edward County, Ontario (6) Trail Estate
A long while back, Anton and Hildegard Sproll moved to Canada from Germany and established Sproll’s Fine German Bakery, and it was a great success. They retired from this to…
Prince Edward County, Ontario (5) Closson Chase
Deborah Paskus was a well known consulting winemaker when she established Closson Chase, one of the pioneering wineries in the region, along with some investors. A test acre was planted…
Prince Edward County, Ontario (4) Hinterland
Hinterland is a sparkling wine specialist. Jonas Newman and Vicki Samaras established their winery in a converted dairy barn that previously was home to 48 cows. In a previous…
Prince Edward County, Ontario (3) Stanners
Colin Stanners was a chemist, and moved to California where he started drinking wine. He moved back to Canada and wanted to make his own, so he thought the County…
Prince Edward County, Ontario (2) Huff Estates
Huff Estates was originally a hop farm, but now it’s a winery, and also hosts an art gallery and some luxury accommodation. Owner Lanny Huff began the project in 2002,…
Prince Edward County, Ontario’s cool wine region (1) overview
In wine terms, Prince Edward County is just an infant wine region. The County is an island on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in easy striking distance of Toronto…
Domaine Gayda’s Nine Vessel Tasting
Today, I attended a really interesting tasting looking at the effect of the ageing vessel on a red wine. It was hosted by Domaine Gayda, and titled a nine-vessel tasting….
Serious Kiwi Chardonnay: Neudorf Rosie’s Block 2018
After yesterday’s New Zealand wine seminar in Edinburgh, I was curious to try this wine. It’s the Rosie’s Block Chardonnay from Neudorf, and it’s really good. Neudorf have a deserved…