The Niagara Chapter's Canadian Oak Comparison At Lailey Vineyard Winery, 15940 Niagara Parkway, Niagara-on-the-Lake
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Over the last few decades, Ontario wineries have strived to create outstanding wines and create a unique Canadian product. They have achieved a number of benchmark accomplishments in the past: the first Ontario Winery, the planting of Vitis Vinifera grapes, the production and marketing of Icewine, and now, the production and use of Canadian oak barrels! This will surely add the next layer of uniqueness and marketability to our great wines.
Derek Barnet, Lailey's winemaker, will be leading us through this tasting. Lailey was one of the first wineries in Canada to have Canadian oak barrels and Derek was the first winemaker to commercially release a wine fermented and aged in Canadian oak. Currently only a handful of Ontario wineries deal with Canadian oak barrels, but the numbers are growing each year with increasing success.
Join us as we find out what differentiates Canadian oak from it's French or American counterparts, and further, discover first hand what Canadian oak aged wines taste like and how they compare to wines with other oak treatments. Derek will be leading us through the barrel cellar for a barrel sample of their Canadian Oak wine. We will then proceed up to the loft where we will have a comparative oak tasting.
Stay afterwards for great snacks and mingling.
Seating is limited for this event so be sure to register early to avoid disappointment.
Directions:
Take QEW to Niagara-on-the-lake exit (exit #38B from Toronto and 38 from Niagara Falls) in St. Catharines.
Follow signs to Hwy 55. Follow Hwy 55 (Niagara Stone Road) to East & West Line. Turn right and follow
about 4km until it deadends at the Niagara Parkway. Turn right and follow south about 1/2 km. Lailey Vineyard
will be on the right hand side. For local directions or a map, visit www.laileyvineyard.com.
For information call the Niagara Wine Line at 905-685-7623 or visit
www.ontariowinesociety.com.
Members $30, Non-Members $40. Members may bring one guest at member price.
Your cheque must be received by Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Cancellations will be accepted up to Tuesday, June
19, 2007. Please do not mail cash. Seats will not be sold at the door. Although we appreciate knowing your
intentions, receipt of your cheque is the only way to guarantee a reservation, so please be sure to mail in your
registration forms early as reservations are not accepted by phone or email.
Please Note: In order that all of our members are fully able to appreciate the wines, we kindly request your cooperation in not wearing perfumes or scented after-shaves - Thank you.
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Please reserve _____ space(s) for the Canadian Oak Tasting, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Members $30; Non-members $40. Enclosed is my cheque for $_____________ (members may bring 1 guest at member price.) Please make cheques payable to "The Ontario Wine Society - Niagara Chapter". Please include a telephone number or email address that you would like us to contact to confirm that your cheque was received. Please print: NAME: _________________________________________ GUEST(S): _________________________________________ ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY: _______________________________________ POSTAL CODE: ________________________________________ TELEPHONE: (DAY)________________________________ (evening) ________________________________________ I understand and accept my personal safety responsibilities when attending an Ontario Wine Society event. SIGNED: __________________________________________ DATED: _________________________________________ |
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Please forward your registration and payment to: The Ontario Wine Society - Niagara Chapter c/o S. Couch, 4850 Cherrywood Dr., Beamsville, ON., L0R 1B9 |
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