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Stellar Showing for Creekside at the OWAs

Jun 25th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Big Buzz, News, Reserve Reds

During a delicious lunch at the Pantages Suites in Toronto, the winners of the 2010 Ontario Wine Awards were announced to a packed room of media and industry aficionados, and shared with an excited and eager crowd of consumers in the evening at the annual Sip & Savour Ontario event. Creekside was thrilled to receive [...]



Gold Medal — Ontario Wine Awards 2010

Jun 20th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Awards, Reserve Reds

2007 Broken Press Shiraz



Silver Medal — Ontario Wine Awards 2010

Jun 20th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Awards, Reserve Reds

2006 QRV Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon



2006 Reserve Merlot

Jun 10th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Reserve Reds, Wine Info

Appellation: VQA St. David’s Bench (appellation information) Varietal Composition: 100% Merlot Bottled:Bottled September 2009. 91 cases. Drinkability: Drink or Hold [As of June/10] The 2006 Reserve Merlot is a richly textured blend of four barrels – two American, two French – typifying the ripe, robust refinement of our Reserve program.  Following 34 months ageing in [...]



2006 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Jun 10th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Reserve Reds, Wine Info

Appellation: VQA St. David’s Bench (appellation information) Vineyard Designation: Queenston Road Vineyard Varietal Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Bottled:Bottled September 2009. 190 cases. Drinkability: Drink or Hold [As of June/10] Consistently producing structured, cellar-worthy Cabernet Sauvignon from Niagara can be a difficult task, making the unique microclimate of the St. David’s Bench a very exciting place [...]



4.5 Stars — 2007 Broken Press Shiraz

Mar 27th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Reserve Reds, Reviews

Rick Van Sickle, St. Catharines Standard, February 28th 2010 …this iconic and much awarded Shiraz is perhaps the one wine that defines Creekside. The 2007 is a sensational wine with lifted aromatics that are helped along with a shot of Viognier added to the Shiraz.  Viognier brings a floral element to the rich red berries [...]



2007 Broken Press Shiraz

Mar 27th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Reserve Reds, Wine Info

Appellation: VQA St. David’s Bench (appellation information) Vineyard Designation: Queenston Road Vineyard Varietal Composition: 97% Shiraz, 3% Viognier Bottled:Bottled September 2009. 257 cases. Drinkability: Drink or Hold [As of Mar. 09] If the wine ain’t broke, don’t fix it! The practice of adding Viognier skins to batches of our best Shiraz began with a happy [...]



4 Stars — 2002 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Nov 22nd, 2009 | By admin | Category: Reserve Reds, Reviews

Christopher Waters, VINES Magazine, Sept/Oct 2006 Fruit from three Niagara on the Lake vineyards was combined to create this tempting Cabernet Sauvignon. This provocative red is made in a flashy, attention getting style that possesses everything you could want from a Cabernet: dark, macerated fruit, mocha-tinged oak spice and a long, lingering finish.



2002 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Nov 22nd, 2009 | By admin | Category: Reserve Reds, Wine Info

Appellation: VQA Niagara Peninsula Varietal Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Bottled: 242 cases. August 4th, 2005 Drinkability: Drink or Hold [As of Nov. 09] Fruit for our 2002 reserve Cabernet Sauvignon was sourced from two vineyards on the St. David’s Bench and a third site in Niagara-on-the-Lake, harvested in late October at 22.1ºBrix. Fruit lots were [...]



4.5 Stars — 2002 Reserve Meritage

Nov 13th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Reserve Reds, Reviews

Christopher Waters, Vines Magazine, September/October 2006 One of the top-rated wines in this issue, Creekside’s top-of-the-line Bordeaux blend is assembled from a focused selection of barrels of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. This stunning wine is best enjoyed leisurely, decanted, served in large bowl glasses, with time to monitor how the wine changes over [...]