Ontario Wine Regions Toronto & Others Areas

The City of Toronto is the cultural, entertainment and financial capital of the Canada. ... Toronto is the capital city of the Province of Ontario Located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario, farther south than Minnesota and much of Michigan.

As research peoduces better and stronge vines the wineries of Canada are now finding homes in areas not normaly known for producing grapes for making wine

Applewood Winery

12442 McCowan Rd.
Stouffville, Ontario. L4A 7X5

Winery Phone Number: (905) 642-4720
Berry/Apple Hotline: (905) 640-5357

Email Addresses: info@applewoodfarmwinery.com

This family operated winery is located in Stouffville just outside of Toronto. It is owned by the Passafiume Family . It began as one of the very first pick your own farms. The winery opened in 2000offering fruit wines and mead.

The winery specializes in unique fruit blend wines. One very popular wine is Eloras Harvest a medley of five summer fruits and honey.

Other attractions at winery include -pick your own fruit - purchase jams-hay wagon rides

winemaker --David Matson
philosophy. Traditional, balanced chemistry, with applied simplicity

website handicapped accessible tasting

Birtch Farms Estate Winery

RR #7
Woodstock Ontario

t. 519.469.3040
f. 519.469.3588
e. info@birtchfarms.com

Located in South western Ontario Oxford County, near the town of Woodstock. Owned by the Birtch Family Bob and Dyann and their three sons. The winery produces over 20 different fruit wines.

The farm began back in 1946 doing mixed farming The orchard was planted in 1956. . In 1990 Birtch Farm decided to become a public oriented farm, to offer pick your own crops and festivals. This has grown to the current fall festival season that hosts over 10,000 people. In 1990 after years of experimentation and studies at the University of Guelph, it was decided to add a fruit winery to the business. The retail store was opened in 1993.

In 2004, we hosted the first annual "Wine, Blues and All That Jazz" festival which featured the wines, original artist works, blues and jazz musicians and unique foods.

Winemaker: Bob Birtch
winemaking philosophy - Our wines are all non grape wines crafted in a style that benefits from aging. They range from dry to sweet, and have a great deal of character

signature wines - "Oak aged McIntosh", Northern Spy, Elderberry, and Rhubarb and Blueberry

website handicapped accessible tasting

Chesslawn Vineyards & Winery

8859 Castlederg sideroad,
Caledon Ontario
L7E 0S7

905-857-5035
sales@chesslawnwinery.com

This family operated winery is located in The Town of Caledon. Caledon has a large geographic area and population of 55,000 people, prides itself on maintaining a sustainable balance of community, environmental and development initiatives in the context of an extensive urban and rural environment. Chesslawn Winery opened in the Summer of 2005

The winery was originally a dairy farm started back in 1840. Untill tenth 10th generation Irish Canadian
David Matson dicovered an interest in growning grapes and making wine. David is assisted by is wife Lisa. The wines are made the old fashioned, unfiltered, no additives, balanced and structured.

The Vineyard is based in glacial deposit soil mainly profiled as medium sand/silt. The soil pH averages 7.1, serving as an excellent source of vital nutrients for vigorous vine growth. The original vineyard was planted 1.3 acres in June 2001 and expanded the vineyard to a total of seven acres in 2003.

winemaker --David Matson
philosophy. Traditional, balanced chemistry, with applied simplicity

signature wines -Albion Baco, Chesslawn Gold, and Caledon Frost

website handicapped accessible tasting

Carolinian Winery
4823 Dundas Street
R.R.2, Thorndale, Ontario,
NOM 2P0

Located just out side of London the winery was just purchased by Barry and Anissa Foley. The winery features grape and fruit wines.

Winemaker is Barry Foley

winemaking philosophy:
making the wine should be fun and and an art , with the finished product being a masterpiece of pride behind it

Barry said his interest in wine-making comes simply "from a strong desire for good wine. I know good wine when I taste it."

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Le Domaine Du Cervin

13845 route Guthnecht
Chestrville ON

613-448-2245
cervin@primus.ca

Located in Eastern Onatrio in a area know for its dairy farms

The winery is owned by :Samuel Gutknecht

Downey's Farm Market

1362 Heart Lake Road
Brampton Ontario

Starting as a produce farm owned by the Downey Family since 1920, expanding into a market and then into producing fruit wines. Downey's has been extremely successful , in 2003 they were named the Fruit WInery of the year at the Canadian Awards.
Operated by John and Ruth Downey and their five children .

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Kawartha Country Wines

2275 County Road
36, Buckhorn, ON, Canada, K0L 2J0

(705) 657-9916
E-mail: trish.d@rogers.com

Nestled in the heart of the Kawarthas, a very popular tourist and recreation destination north east of Toronto
The wine making facilities, tasting room and gift shop are housed in a restored log cabin built in 1866 complete with the original square hewn logs and pine floors.

They make mostly fruit wines grape wine and Maple Syrup wine

Winemaker: John Rufa

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	Vinoteca Winery 527 Jevlan Dr. Woodbridge ON L4L 8W1
In 1989, Vinoteca was founded as the first Greater Toronto Area Winery by Giovanni and Rosanna Follegot. The name comes form joining the Italian "Vino" (wine) with "Teca" (a chest for special treasures). Most of their grapes are grown in Vineland. However they do import grapes from Giovanni's own Italian vineyard Winemaker: Giovanni Follegot website