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Appellation: VQA Niagara Peninsula Varietal Composition: 100% Chardonnay Bottled: Bottled September 2008. 365 cases. Drinkability: Drinking or Hold [As of June 2010] With Chardonnay, it’s all about style. Few varietals have Chardonnay’s ability to overtly reflect regional characteristics while simultaneously shifting gears in response to the directives of a winemaker. This Reserve blend epitomizes Creekside’s [...]

Appellation: VQA Creek Shores (Appellation Information) Vineyard Designation: Creekside Estate Vineyard Varietal Composition: 100% Sauvignon Blanc Bottled:Bottled September 2008. 410 cases. Drinkability: Drink or Hold [As of June 10] There was no place like home when it came to the vintage’s best Sauvignon Blanc and the 15 acres comprising our estate plantings did Creekside proud, [...]

Appellation: VQA Niagara Peninsula Varietal Composition: 39.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 6% Malbec, 0.5% Petit Verdot Bottled:Bottled September 4th 2009. Drinkability: Drink or Hold [as of June 2010] Laura Red is our flagship blend of Bordeaux varieties, selected to best reflect the character of the vintage while maintaining a consistently high level [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Appellation: VQA St. David’s Bench (appellation information) Vineyard Designation: Queenston Road Vineyard Varietal Composition: 100% Viognier Bottled:Bottled September 2009. 91 cases. Drinkability: Drink or Hold [As of Mar. 09] Plantings of Viognier in Niagara are few and far between, making this small lot bottling a regional rarity. Tiny, but invaluable, our estate holdings play an [...]

Appellation: VQA Ontario Varietal Composition: 100% Sauvignon Blanc Bottled: Bottled September 2009. 1624 cases. Drinkability: Drink Now Thru Summer 2011 [As of Mar. 08] Our cheeky Sauvignon Blanc is known to be a bit of a flirt so don’t worry if it seems a little fresh, intense and forward, that’s just its pure stainless steel [...]

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 [...]

Creekside is proud to offer a collection of our most unique and iconic wines at special pre-release pricing, along with exclusive re-releases from our Wine Library to you, our biggest fans. This is your opportunity to guarantee our most sought-after wines for your cellar as well as to gain unprecedented access to barrel samples, preview [...]

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 [...]