A huge congratulations to all of our friends on the peninsula for an outstanding Cuvée 2010! It was a great night at the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls It turns out that winemakers clean up rather well for black tie events. We only usually see you all in scrubby wine-stained apparel, so we apologize if [...]
In preparation for our brand new, shiny Creekside Cellar Club, the winemaking team dug up a special treat to offer from our Library stash. We found two dozen 1500mL bottles of our 2001 Signature Grand Meritage (ie. Reserve goodness) just sitting there begging to be shared. Knowing that our 750mL Reserve bottlings were still holding [...]
We’re very social animals here at Creekside and we love having folks from surrounding wineries over to visit, in fact we’ve developed a bit of a reputation for our annual Harvest Party, held every year near the end of fruit receival. It’s a chance to catch up with our equally exhausted friends from around the [...]
Today is a joyous day at the winery, to be celebrated with raucous cheers and a mammoth pizza: the last day of fruit receival. People often confuse the last day of fruit with the mythical “end of harvest”, but rest assured this is not the case. Although you may bring in the last of the [...]
It looks like the 2007 Broken Press Shiraz is the wine that most of you are eager to get your hands on, judging by results of our little sidebar poll that asked: “Which of the Winter 2009/10 Cellar Club offerings has you most excited?” We hope that those of you who placed an order are [...]
Winemaker Rob Power and Assistant Winemaker Erin Harvey got some glamour time at our Queenston Road Vineyard on the St. David’s Bench last week, standing amidst a block of Pinot Noir in the glorious sunshine for a Toronto Star spread on the Ontario wine industry. Check it out: http://www.thestar.com/article/692524
We received a couple of queries from very astute readers, asking why we choose to label our Estate wine as Pinot Grigio (the Italian name), but our Reserve wine as Pinot Gris (the French name). The wine is crafted from the same grape (Pinot Gris), but shifted stylistically to show off its incredible diversity, and [...]
