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Creekside & Cuvée

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 [...]

Wine Update: 2001 Signature Grand Meritage (1500mL)

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 [...]

Annual End of Harvest Cellar Party

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 [...]

Last Fruit!

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 [...]

Pinot Gris, Sauv Blanc, Gewurz All In

Harvest update!  The 2009 vintage is well underway despite an agonizingly slow/late start.  We’re now ramping up into some of our larger volume varietals and are trying to keep the influx of fruit into the winery at a steady, manageable pace. We have picked all of our Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, and Gewurztraminer, and are [...]