Between the cities of Hamilton and Niagara Falls, and along the South shores of Lake Ontario runs the Niagara Peninsula. A fertile micro-climate where the majority of Ontario vineyards can be found. To the East lies the majestic town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. To the West the quaint town of Grimsby, and in the heart of the region lies Jordan Village. All three towns designed to delight the tourist as they explore the wineries of Ontario.
As new wineries open in different areas around Lake Ontario stretching the bounties of the Ontario "regions", Wineries now extend from Hamilton to Toronto and Eastward.

   Angels Gate Winery

4260 Mountainview Road
Beamsville ON L0R 1B2
905.563.3942

Located on 10 acreas on the Beamsville beach of the Niagara Peninsula you find the dream and passion of David and Catherine Burr. Their dream began with a visit to Napa Valley in 1996. Jim and Hillary Young, and a group of wine loving friends, pooled their resources with David and Catherine Burr, to create Angels Gate Winery. in 2001.

The state of the art wine making facility is built underground, so the earth naturally keeps the cellars cool. Grape receiving, crushing, and fermentation occurs in half the underground facility, with the finished product transferred to French and American oak for aging until it is ready for release The tasting room features, along with thir wines,the Angels Gate Tower, a 41-foot structure featuring a photo history of the vineyards, and other educational displays

Angels Gate maintains two separate plots of vines. Angels Gate Estate Vineyard located adjacent to the Winery, is composed of 10 acres of vinifera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer. Angels Gate Vineyards, located 5 kilometers from the winery, with 25 acres of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Riesling and Vidal

Winemaker: Natalie Spytkowsky

Archibald Orchards & Estate Winery

6275 Liberty Street North
Bowmanville, ON
(905) 263-2396
Fax (905) 263-4263

Archibald's is nestled in the picturesque Oak Ridges Moraine. Since 1983, visitors to Archibald's have enjoyed a taste of country! From apples fresh off the tree - to pies still warm from the oven; from cider right off the press - to most recently, fruit fermented into award winning wines - there is something for every palate at this fourth generation family farm.
Your hosts Fred & Sandy Archibald.

WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY
Great wines are grown... it is important to be in control of all the steps, from the site selection and varietal choices to final blending and balancing.

Andrés Wines

Mailing Address
P.O. 10550 Winona, ON. L8E 5S4
Telephone
905-643-4131
FAX
905-643-4944
E mail: info@andreswines.com

Founded in 1961 Andrés is one of the oldest wineries in Canada. Their brands include Hochtaler, Domain D'Or, Franciscan and Similkameen.

Andrés Wines owns wineries in Ontario ( Peller Estates & Hillebrand Estates ) and British Columbia ( Port Moody) Nova Scotia , Quebec and Manitoba . Most are bottling plants not vineyards. Their operation began in Port Moody BC in 1961 using California grapes. They moved their main operation to Ontario.

Andrés has continued to develop wines in BC developing Vineyards near Oliver BC. Look for the BigHorn Vineyard Label

WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY
Much of Andrés' success can be contributed to its emphasis on quality innovation.

Bellamere Country Market & Winery

1260 Gainsborough Rd.
London, Ontario, Canada
N6H 5K8 (519) 473-2273

Starting as a family farm, the younger member of the made family began the marketing experience in 1980s. 0pening a market in 1985 adding a Bakery and deli to great a delightful shopping experience, Bellamere started producing fruits and later mixing fruit and grape to produce some very unique wines. The timber structure winery opened in 1998.

Jim Patient is the wine maker producing wines made from 100% Ontario-grown raspberries, strawberries, apples, pears, blackberries, cranberries, and blueberries. Our fruit wines range dramatically in style and sweetness from the depth and complexity of our full-bodied Blackberry wine, to the sweet fruit intensity of our ice wines.

WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY
To make wines that capture fruit character and captive the customer

Birchwood Estate Wines

4679 Cherry Avenue
Beamsville, Ontario, Canada
L0R 1B1
Tel: (905) 562-VINE (8463)
Fax: (905) 562-6344

A small Niagara, Ontario winery located on the plains leading up to the Beamsville Bench on the Niagara Peninsula. Established on approximately 10 acres of planted vines, the focus for Birchwood is to produce high quality fruit driven wines from top Ontario grapes at very affordable prices.

Birchwood makes Cabernet Franc, Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Vidal ice wines.

1025 York Road
St.David's Niagara-on-the-lake,
Ontario, Canada
N6H 5K8 (519) 473-2273

Winemaster Paul-Michel Bosc a French Winegrower came to Canada and started his family vineyard in 1978. The winery has 240 acres under cultivation in Niagara-on-the-Lake, claiming to be the first in Canada to plant a vineyard exclusively to vifis vinifera.
Chateau Des Charmes has a good web site*.
Madame Bosc plays an important role in the winery , as a teacher by profession, she devotes much of her attention to producing a highly educational and enjoyable winery tour. The Globe and Mail once commented that " Château des Charmes boasts one of the best tours any oenophile is ever likely to take, Napa Valley and Champagne districts included.

Paul Bosc's winemaking style is Burgundian. His son Pierre-Jean also shares the duties as Winemaker. Noted wines are Brut (V.Q.A.) Sparkling Wine and their Riesling Icewines.

The Bosc family is very proud of their reputation as pioneers and innovators. As Hugh Johnson pointed out, Château des Charmes was the first winery in Canada to plant a vineyard dedicated to "vitis vinifera"- the European grape species that produces the world's finest wines. These include Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Gamay Noir and Riesling. Back in 1978, this was a controversial innovation but it has become the standard for the modern Canadian wine industry. "Paul did much to convince the industry that the future lay in vinifera varieties and his early Rieslings and Chardonnays were models for other wineries," wrote wine author Tony Aspler in his book Vintage Canada

WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY
To make wines in the French style by virtue of their heritage.

Their wines can be purchased throughout Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan and Hawaii

1028 Line 2
Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
Tel: (905) 468-8814
Fax: (905) 468-4042

One of the newer wineries on the Niagara Peninsula. Owned and operated by the Lakeit family (Rick and Frieda and their children: Rick Jr., Justine, Stephanie and Jaclyn) of Lakeit Farms, who have owned the vineyards where Caroline Cellars is located since 1978.
Caroline Cellars was built and named in honour of the late Caroline Lakeit, beloved mother and grandmother.

The winery includes a Special Events Loft for special occasion events, such as wedding receptions, wedding or baby showers, stag and does, business events, anniversary parties, charity events, or whatever else you decide to celebrate. Free tastings are avaialble at the Wine Boutique. Try their 2001 Late Harvest Riesling which won a silver medal at the Ottawa Wine and Food Show 2002

winemaker is Jens Gemmrich.

WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY
is to provide quality wines (in accordance with VQA standards and approval) at a pleasing price. Our goal is to make Ontario wines accessible to all, and to see Ontario wines on tables throughout North America.

Cave Spring Cellars

3836 Main Street,
Jordan, Ontario.
(905)562-3581

Located on the Niagara Peninsula near the historical town of Jordan. They have vineyards on The Beamsville Bench, rated as one of the best micro-climates for the cultivation of Vinifera grapes. Cave Spring Cellars was founded in 1986 by grape grower Leonard Pennachetti and winemaker Angelo Pavan. "At Cave Springs we believe that our wines are unique because they capture what the French call 'Gout de Terroir'; or Taste of the Land from which they come; and no amount of Artifice-Ecological or otherwise could ever replicate the particular flavour profile they achieve. The uniqueness of our wines stems directly from their authenticity of origin" .

Almost half of their product is Riesling. They have a reputation for producing excellent Riesling Icewine

WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY
As winemakers, we must remain true to the fruit of our vineyards. At Cave Spring our task is to capture and preserve the individuality of Niagara's Benchlands.

Cilento Wines

672 Chrislea Rd,
Woodbridge Ontario
L4L 8K9
(905)264-9463
cilento@ica.net

Owners Grace and Angelo Locilento fulfilled a life long dream to produce quality wines. The winery located in Woodbridge uses grapes harvested from the Niagara to produce their VQA wines. Along with Winemaker They are noted for their VQA Marechal Foch, Cilento's Cabernet, Riesling and Riesling Icewines.
They boast one of the largest cellars for barrel aging in Ontario. The walls are painted with life-sized murals of old traditional European winemaking activities. A new winery located in Toronto. The custom designed two-storey 36,000 square foot facility houses Cilento's winemaking and bottling process, in addition to a retail shop and the winery's administration offices

Winemaker: Terence Van Rooyen
The mandate of the Cilento Winery is to create the best wine available on the market. We are interested in quality above and beyond anything else. We have assembled a tremendous team at Cilento and we all share the same philosophy of producing quality wine that we are proud to sell and that will be superior to any on the market in its class

Cilento Wines made its mark in the arts this winter when it became the Canadian Opera Company's Surtitles^TM sponsor.

Creekside Estate Winery

2170 Fourth Avenue
Jordan Station, Ontario,
L0R 1S0 toll-free: 1 877 262-9463
Fax No.: 905 562-5493
wineryinfo@creeksideestatewinery.com

This ultar modern winery started in 1998 is owned and operated by Laura McCain Jensen and her husband Peter. The winery has 8 hectares of fertile soil. The property is planted with Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc and yields an annual production capacity ranging from 25,000 to 35,000 cases
It was a trip to Napa Valley ( actually their honeymoon ) that lead to their dream to become the only privately-owned producer of multi-provincial wineries in Canada.
Expansion is planned for the Jensen's having purchased land in the rich wine growing area of St. Davids near Niagara-on-the-Lake. Laura and Peter have planted some 50 hectares of premium vinifera grape varieties and will begin production at their new estate winery, Paragon, in 2002.

The Nova Scotia arm of Creekside is Habitant Vineyards and Pereau Located in Nova Scotia's beautiful Annapolis Valley producing the Cabot wines.

Their website

Cox Creek Cellar Estate Winery:

R.R. #5 Guelph , Ontario.
(519) 767-3253 e-mail:
information@coxcreekcellars.on.ca
tours@coxcreekcellars.on.ca

Located near Guelph, owned and operated by the Trochta family. The winery is named after the creek running through the property. The winery traces its winemaking back 200 years into European history. Cox Creek was founded by Mrs. J Jerry Trochta as part of her dream to continue her winemaking heritage. The estate winery is the culmination of her family's hard work and the bounty of the surrounding area. The winery construction started late July 1998 and was completed in time for the November 20 1998 Grand Opening.

Cox Creek Cellars incorporates scenic landscape pictures from around the vineyard property, present on each and every label. Cox Creek Cellars has also been awarded 14 medals in the past 24 months, from Intervin International, Fruit Wines of Canada and the Toronto Wine and Cheese Show.

Cox Creek Cellars Inc. uses natural farming techniques to produce wines of merit and appeal. Their goal is to redefine the nature of fruit wines in Ontario. Committed to integrity and customer satisfaction. The winery is committed to innovation and new product readiness. Cox Creek Cellars is the first fruit winery in Ontario to incorporate chestnut barrels in the aging of their Black Currant and Pinot Noir wines.