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‘Sustainable’ winegrowing in Niagara — it’s complicated
By Lidija Biro How do you choose a bottle of wine? By price, by region, by an interesting name or label, or are you looking for wine made sustainably? Wines made in the Niagara Peninsula are part of an...
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Flat Rock Cellars’ top 2025 wines are ‘powerful without heaviness’
By Lidija Biro Flat Rock Cellars’ “Capstone Release” for media and trade has quickly become both well received and eagerly anticipated. The third annual event recently featured a vertical tasting that...
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We curated this list of big red Niagara wines for you, James Suckling
By Rick VanSickle One of the most influential wine critics in the world just visited the Okanagan Valley for the first time, leaving some wineries giddy with excitement and a few a little puzzled over...
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It’s not the wine, silly, it’s the people we share it with that matters
By Rick VanSickle CARCROSS, Yukon — Every wine lover has a memory where it just clicked for them, that moment when they knew wine was something special, to be enjoyed with friends on the back porch or...
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New branding unifies Niagara College wine, beer, spirits and cider
Niagara College has officially tapped into a new chapter, distilling decades of leadership in Canadian beverage education into one unified brand. Called “NC Craft,” the new branding for the college’s...
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Sadly, it’s time to say goodbye to Wines in Niagara
By Rick VanSickle When Wines in Niagara published its first post on March 24, 2010, it was with little fanfare; a simple story that originally ran in the print edition of the St. Catharines Standard....
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Waxing poetic with the dynamic Juice Wine Co. braintrust
By Lidija Biro The Juice Wine Company held a fun event recently in Niagara for their partners and customers with a hands-on opportunity to wax dip bottles of the newly released 2025 wines. The new wine...
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End of the line for Daniel Lenko Wines: When they’re gone, they’re gone
By Rick VanSickle When the last of the 1,500 cases of wine are sold sometime thing spring, it will be the end of the line for three generations of the Lenko family on the Beamsville Bench. “Major...
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First 100% B.C. white wines return after disastrous back-to-back vintages
By Rick VanSickle After a couple of disastrous years, things are beginning to return to “normal” in the Okanagan Valley. Also in this Canadian Wine Report: GGO announces 2026-2027 board of directors...
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25 years of hits, B-sides and classics at PEC’s Rosehall Run
By Rick VanSickle The first time I met Dan Sullivan, he was on the deck of his retail facility overlooking his vineyard with a big glass of County Pinot Noir in his hands. That was way back in 2010,...
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Canadian wine community gives From the Heart for charity wine auction
By Rick VanSickle By any measure, the 2026 Grapes for Humanity Benefit Wine Auction features the most donated Canadian VQA wines ever to come up for bids. Sprinkled among the 3,500 bottles of the...
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Message in a bottle from a thrilling Pinot release at PEC’s Last House Vineyard
By Rick VanSickle The Prince Edward County wine community is still small enough that it takes care of one another in life — and even in death. It’s a tight knit community of 43 or so wineries, most of...
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Does wine trigger discomfort? Canadian startup wants to hear from you
By Rick VanSickle Their goal is clear: create an all‑natural, science‑backed wellness product that helps people with wine sensitivities enjoy the wines they love — without altering colour, taste, or...
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Black Bank Hill’s spring wine release shows estate’s true potential
By Lidija Biro Spring has sprung at Black Bank Hill with the release of the wines from the 2023 vintage. Nestled at the foot of the Niagara Escarpment, between Beamsville and Vineland, Black Bank Hill...
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From Moldova to Niagara-on-the-Lake, a new winery opens its doors
By Rick VanSickle When Niagara’s newest winery celebrates its grand opening on April 2, it will also mark a special milestone for the couple who founded and own the estate. Lilia and Alexei Bodistean...
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Ontario Vintage Charts all the way back to 1998 with 2025 just added
By Rick VanSickle If most winemakers who provided insight into our 2025 Ontario harvest report are an indication, make room in your cellar the next great vintage. The 2025 harvest season didn’t begin...
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Niagara Riesling needs more than a warm birthday hug once a year
By Rick VanSickle International Riesling Day has come and gone and another year of tepid respect for one of the world’s greatest grapes has begun. Note, also in this Niagara Wine Report: The Stone...
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Harvest Report 2025 Part II: High praise from the rest of Ontario
By Rick VanSickle Heat, and plenty of if, seems to be the common theme that defines what many are calling a benchmark 2025 wine vintage in all regions of Ontario. In Part II of Wines in Niagara’s...
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A beauty of a harvest unfolding in Niagara, plus our picks from the Vintages...
By Rick VanSickle With the 2025 grape harvest nearing completion, all signs are pointing to an exceptional wine vintage in Niagara. Also in this Niagara Wine Report: A Zweigelt from Lailey that sings,...
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Stone Eagle: A first look inside Niagara’s most exciting new estate winery
By Rick VanSickle When Stone Eagle opens to guests in early November it will mark the most exciting and luxurious Niagara winery debut in recent memory. Stone Eagle is a spectacular 36-acre estate...
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