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Articles – Ontario Wine Society
Ontario Chardonnay: Seriously Cool Posted: June 2010 Read this article here.
Afternoon in the Country - Joint Ontario Wine Society and North American Porsche Club Event Posted: December 2009 Read this article here.
Jazz and Wine Matching - Wine and Jazz Magazine Posted: December 2009 Read this article here.
The Ontario Wine Society is Growing! We Want to Establish New ChaptersPosted: March 2008Read this article here. Outer Limits of Ontario Wine: July 2007Posted: July 2007Read this article here. Niagara vs. BordeauxPosted: January 2007Read this article here. Ontario Wines Shine vs. Bordeaux In Blind Tasting!Posted: January 2006Read this article here. Santé: The Bloor-Yorkville Wine FestivalPosted: April 2004The 6th Annual Santé: The Bloor-Yorkville Wine Festival, May 12 - 16, 2004, Toronto Read this article here. A Night of a Thousand WinesPosted: March 2004A Night of a Thousand Wines - the Mississauga Symphony's 11th annual wine tasting and fine wine auction, on April 1, 2004 at Mississauga's Living Arts Centre. Read this article here. Ontario's Wine Authority Allows Screw Caps for VQA WinesPosted: March 2004Vintners Quality Alliance Ontario (VQA Ontario) today announced that it will permit Ontario's premium wines to be packaged with screw cap closures. The VQA regulatory body has decided that the decision to use screw caps should be left in the hands of each winery. Read this article here. Icewine Canada Post Stamp PetitionPosted: February 2004Tony Aspler has started a petition to request Canada Post to issue a stamp honouring Canadian Icewine. The petition will be posted online until mid March, 2004, and details are on his website. We have posted a brief introduction and links here. Read this article here. Icewine Picking and VIA Icewine TrainPosted: January 2004Inniskillin was pleased to host the Fifth Celebrity Icewine Picking on January 16, 2004. It was a great opportunity to profile traveling to Niagara by train and visiting the wine region. VIA and Royal York Hotel announced their partnership with selected wineries to package day trips to selected Niagara wineries. Read this article here. Inniskillin OlympicsPosted: December, 2003Canadian-based Inniskillin Wines, one of the world's leading wine producers, today announced that it plans to help cultivate the best Canadian athletes. Read this article here. A new Unique Canadian WinePosted: November, 2003Vincor International has just launched a new, first-of-its-kind, ultra-premium collection of wines called Unity blending the very best vitis vinifera wines in equal proportion from Canada's leading wine regions to create wines of unique character that are expected to challenge and stimulate the palates of young and seasoned wine lovers alike. Read this article here. Magnotta Winery EstatesPosted: October, 2002Magnotta, the third largest winery of Ontario, was founded in 1989 by a husband and wife team, owners of Fiesta Juice Company... Magnotta wines have to date won more international and highly regarded awards than any other in the country. Read this article here. Matching Wine and CheesePosted: September, 2002One of the longest standing wine and food partnerships is that of cheese and wine... Wine is the classic companion for cheese and both complement each other superbly. This article discusses the relationship between wine and cheese, identifies the different types of cheese, and makes recommendations about which Ontario wines are suitable for the different cheeses. Read this article here. Niagara IcewinePosted: September, 2002Canada's Niagara Peninsula in Ontario is an ideal location for the production of icewine... Read this article here. Magnotta Wine Tasting Event – 2002. A photographic record.Posted: July, 2002These pictures were taken during a wine tasting by the Ontario Wine Society at the Tasting Rooms restaurant, in April 2002. Read this article here. Ice Wine Weekend – 2002. A photographic record.Posted: July, 2002These pictures were taken during a tour-and-tasting organized by the Ontario Wine Society at Peninsular Ridge, during our "Ice Wine Weekend" event, during the winter of 2002. Read this article here. Peninsula Ridge Estate WineryHrayr Berberoglu Posted: July, 2002Norm Beal, a native of Hamilton, decided to open a quality winery with the philosophy of producing prime quality from locally grown fruit. Presently 17 wines are produced, of which seven are white, including two Icewines. Read this article here. Making Sense Out of WineStephen Stein Posted: July, 2002If you are going to get involved with wine in any even semi-serious way, the place to begin is learning how to taste. The best book on the subject is "Winetasters' Secrets by Andrew Sharp. You taste wine with all five senses... Read this article here. Ice Wine Weekend - 2001. A photographic record.Ken Burford. Posted: February, 2002These pictures were taken during a tour-and-tasting organized by the Ontario Wine Society at Cave Springs Cellars, during our "Ice Wine Weekend" event, in January of 2001. There are only three photographs, but they are relatively large so please give them a chance to download fully. For new members or people considering joining, this will give you some idea of one of the types of events the Ontario Wine Society organizes. Read this article here. |