Ontario Wine Regions Toronto

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

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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.

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.

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.

Philosophy: To make wines that capture fruit character and captive the customer

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
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

 

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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

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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."

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-story 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:
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.

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.

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

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Willow Springs Winery

5572 Bethesda Road
Stouffville, Ontario
L4A 7X3

Phone: 905-642-9463
Fax: 905-642-2251

This 11 acrea winery is owned by Mario & Julie Testa

winemaker -- Michael Traynor
philosophy.

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