• For daily home, office or restaurant delivery for the following wine order online from this link Malivoire Wine Company with FREE shipping on orders of $100 or more, or $20 credited next business day towards delivery outside Ontario and Québec. Phone 905-563-9253 Monday to Friday 10 am - 5 pm on weekdays and noon to 5 pm for information and for locals to access curbside pickup instructions. Their retail shop is now open - 10 am - 5 pm on weekdays, and noon to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday. There are guidelines due to COVID-19 that change often, best to phone or email first (the website has a space to type and is linked to their email).

• The following 2020 Malivoire ‘Moira’ Rosé is sourced from 100% hand-harvested, pinot noir from the original estate, Moira vineyard on the iconic Beamsville Bench. Whole-grape clusters were gently pressed then chilled in a horizontal stainless steel tank before being transferred to a vertical stainless steel tank to be fermented dry in a cool fermentation with the finished, certified-sustainable wine bottled in December 2020. Another wine that shines in the dazzling Ontario 2020 vintage.

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Malivoire ‘Moira’ Rosè 2020
VQA Beamsville Bench $24.95 12.5% alcohol
This pale-pink gem offers aromas of red fruit—plum, cherry and strawberry—mingling with floral notes. Palate-enveloping flavours of tangy red grapefruit, crunchy passionfruit and grapefruit pith ride on a linear line of acidity and pizzazz on entry tempered by ripe strawberry and hints of watermelon on the mid-palate and finish. This is light on its feet with balance and a lingering dry finish and aftertaste. Give it a go with salmon papillote. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2017 Malivoire ‘Stouck’ Merlot was sourced from the Stouck Family Vineyard in mid-November as the ripe unfermented grapes averaged 22.3 ° Brix—a scale that measures the sugar level in unfermented grapes. After an alcoholic fermentation and a full malo-lactic fermentation, the wine was matured in five barrels—two neutral French oak/two new American oak/one neutral American oak for nine months after which it was aged in a 1000L ‘Garbellotto’ cask for another five months before being bottled May 2019.

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Malivoire ‘Stouck’ Merlot 2017
VQA Lincoln Lakeshore $34.95 13.5% alcohol
Delicate aromas of cherry clafoutie, mixed sprigs of herbs and spice along with black plum and Ribena © dominate the nose of this gem of a merlot. It’s creamy smooth on the palate with a concentrated stream of ripe dark fruit—cherry, black currant and blueberry—decorated with vanilla, tang and pizzazz, and is bolstered by ripe, soft tannin. It’s generously textured, well balanced and showcases persistent purity of fruit from cork pop to last drop. (Vic Harradine)

• The following two Marynissen Estates Wines are available for purchase and delivery to your home, office or restaurant online with free shipping in Ontario with a minimum order of six bottles or for curbside pick-up at the winery - order ahead online, here’s a map. The ‘Lokaal White’ is also available from the LCBO.

• The following 2020 Marynissen Estates Rosé was sourced from an eclectic blend of 35% pinot noir/25% riesling/20% pinot gris/11% cabernet franc/9% muscat selected from select plots in the VQA Niagara Peninsula appellation. The pinot noir was harvested and cold soaked for six hours prior to being pressed and fermented cool in stainless steel tank while the cabernet franc juice was bled off the skins after three hours in tank and fermented warm in stainless steel while the pinot noir and riesling fermentations were arrested to provide aromatic intensity and to preserve a portion of the residual sugar for balance in the finished wine. Pinot gris and cabernet franc were both fermented to dryness with the final proportions of the blend decided based on aromatic intensity, flavour, and texture. This wine is yet another stellar example of the dazzling 2020 vintage for Ontario wines and is splendidly priced; order six bottles or a case of 12. It’s also available at the LCBO.

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Marynissen Estates Rosé 2020
VQA Niagara Peninsula $16.95 (16454) 11.5% alcohol
A psychedelic pink in the glass, aromas of strawberry and cherry abound on the nose. It blankets the palate balanced on a pin with plenty of ripe red apple and ripe red cherry adorned with oodles of tangy passionfruit and hints of pie cherry that start on entry, expand at mid-palate and persist with purity of fruit through the lip-smacking finish and mouth-watering aftertaste. Delicious on its own, it really sings out when poured with chèvre crumbled on olive-oiled mesclun salad or pan-seared calamari or steamed mussels. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2019 Marynissen Estates ‘Lokaal - White’. Lokaal (pronounced local) is the Dutch word for "local", a nod to the pioneering founders of Marynissen Estates. It’s an inspired blend of 48% vidal/37% gewürztraminer/15% chardonnay. This wine showcases the unique profile of local hybrid and vinifera grapes and dazzles the palate paying homage to the fabulous 2020 Ontario wine vintage. The price-quality balance tips well in your favour; pick up an armful at this price. It’s also available at the LCBO.

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Marynissen Estates ‘Lokaal - White’ 2019
VQA Niagara Peninsula $13.95 (20508) 12.0% alcohol
Alluring aromas of exotic spice and incense mingle with tropical fruit, rosewater and whiffs of Juicy Fruit © gum. It envelops the palate with a gusher of ambrosia riding a balanced and bountiful wave of dazzling flavours with ginger root, Key lime cordial and plenty of tang and pizzazz from twist top to final drop. This is clean, crisp and refreshing. Just the wine to be drunk now and in summer on its own, and in the fall and winter with fish and seafood. (Vic Harradine)

• Order the following two wines by the bottle(s) or case(s) for daily delivery to home, office or restaurant online from this link to Henry of Pelham – There is free delivery on 12 or more bottles in Ontario. Select ‘12 Bottles+’ at check out and allow up to 10 days for delivery or, order online then pick up bottle(s) or case(s) from the winery at 1469 Pelham Rd, St. Catharines ON. Here’s a map.

• The following 2018 Speck Brothers ‘Family Tree – The Padré’ Cabernet-Merlot is available only at the winery and is available now. It’s also sustainably grown and sourced from a cabernet franc/cabernet sauvignon/merlot blend that is named in honour of the Speck brothers’ father who was a Padré before starting his winery with his three sons. The wine has been matured for a period of 16 months in 60% French and 40% American oak barrels with a mixture of new and pre-loved oak.

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Speck Brothers ‘Family Tree – The Padré’ Cabernet-Merlot 2018

VQA Niagara Peninsula $21.95 (18667) 13.0% alcohol

Heavenly aromas rise from the glass—exotic incense, red and black cherry berry fruit, black licorice and wisps of pipe tobacco galore. It’s sourced from the holy trinity of the Bordeaux blend—cabernet franc/cabernet sauvignon/merlot. It rolls over the palate balanced on a pin with a mouthful of flavour—ripe black currant and raspberry robed in excellent tang and acidity and wisps of dark chocolate. It’s medium-weight and smooth as silk throughout the tasting experience and it’s so much more than the psalm of its parts. Pick up a case and rejoice over the next 12 months or so. (Vic Harradine)