• The following wines from Tawse Winery and Redstone Winery can be purchased by the bottle(s)/tin(s)/case(s) for home, office or restaurant delivery online at Tawse Winery, by Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by phone +1 905 562 9500 or for pick up by bottle(s)/tin(s)/case(s) directly at the winery 3955 Cherry Ave, Vineland ON. Here’s a map.

• The following 2020 Tawse Rosé is packaged in tin can for easy packing to go on a picnic or to the cottage or for around the pool. It’s a blend of red grapes—cabernet sauvignon/cabernet franc/pinot noir/merlot—from various premium selected plots in the Niagara Peninsula as all the fruit was purchased and made in the saignée method from four to 24 hours depending on the batch. This wine is a great example of the VQA Ontario 2020 vintage and has a nicely balanced 5.9 g/L residual sugar.

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Tawse Winery Rosé 2020
VQA Niagara Peninsula $6.05 250 mL 13.0% alcohol
Mixed red cherry/berry aromas intertwine with floral notes on the nose. It bathes the palate with a nicely balanced stream of delightful, delectable flavours—red raspberry, strawberry and tangy pie cherry—stretching through to the finish and aftertaste. This is rich in flavour and balanced on a pin with a lengthy lip-smacking finish and mouth-watering aftertaste. The price-quality balance tips well in your favour, pick up six, a dozen or more. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2020 Tawse ‘Piquette – naturally flavoured wine beverage’ was sourced from a re-fermentation of grape pomace from 64% cabernet franc and 34% cabernet sauvignon that is infused with Tawse gin botanicals. This also has a light spritz.

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Tawse ‘Piquette – naturally flavoured wine beverage’ 2020
Product of Canada $6.05 250 mL 6.5% alcohol
Aromas of juniper berry and wisps of sushi ginger and coriander waft easily from the glass. A dazzling array of piquant peppery spice and savoury herbs infuse this wine from flip top to last drop with hints of cherry cordial and strawberry. It’s nicely balanced with good weight and texture brings you back for more of this unique beverage. Sip on its own to really appreciate it. (Vic Harradine)

• The following vintage-dated 2019 Redstone Winery ‘Limestone Ridge Vineyard’ Sparkling Rosé was sourced from 100% manually-harvested, pinot noir from the Estate Limestone Ridge Vineyard. It was fermented and fashioned in Méthode Traditionelle with 12 months on its lees and 6.9 g/L residual sugar.

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Redstone Winery ‘Limestone Ridge Vineyard’ Sparkling Rosé 2019
VQA Twenty Mile Bench $31.15 12.0% alcohol
This pinot noir sparkler opens with alluring aromas of floral notes, strawberry and wisps of citrus. It tingles on the palate with myriad bubbles bursting with flavour—red currant, mandarin orange and red raspberry to the fore—and plenty of tang and pizzazz. This is medium weight with good balance and creamy-smooth mouthfeel. It finishes with palate-flavour replays on the lingering, lip-smacking, delicious finish and aftertaste. Delightful when sipped on its own, it also shines with seafood and sushi appetizers. What’s not to like? (Vic Harradine)

• The following vintage-dated 2019 Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard – Spark’ Brut, Rosé Sparkling Wine was sourced from 100% hand-harvested organic and biodynamic accredited pinot noir from the Quarry Road Vineyard. It was fermented and fashioned in Méthode Traditionelle with 24 hours skin contact then 12 months on its lees. This has 6.0 g/L residual sugar.

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Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard – Spark’ Brut, Rosé Sparkling Wine 2019
VQA Vinemount Ridge $30.15 12.5% alcohol
Bronze-hued in the glass, aromas of pit fruit—peach and yellow plum—decorated with rose petals abound on the nose from a gentle swirl and plenty of mousse. It surges over the palate with flavours of blood orange, sugar-sprinkled and grilled red grapefruit along with excellent tang and pizzazz persisting through the lip-smacking finish. There’s fine-bead bubbles and a great deal to like about this deftly balanced, creamy-smooth textured, delightful tasting sparkler, especially from the yin and yang of the sweet and tang flavours. The aftertaste is crisp, clean and refreshing. Pour on its own to welcome guests and follow up by serving seafood appetizers and/or a deli platter with this gem. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2019 Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard’ Riesling was sourced from their estate-owned Quarry Road Vineyard from hand-picked fruit from 12-year-old Riesling vines. It was fashioned as an off-dry wine. This is also a Vintages Essentials wine always available in a large number of select LCBO retail stores.

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Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard - Organic’ Riesling 2019
VQA Vinemount Ridge $24.95 (198853) 11.0% alcohol
Aromas of wet-stone minerality, piquant, ginger spice and fresh lime precede a dazzling palate-freshening stream of lime cordial and tingling tang and acidity that’s balanced on a pin by 23.5g of residual sugar. This is crisp, refreshing and light-medium bodied with good mouthfeel and a monumentally long, lip-smacking finish and aftertaste. There’s persistent purity of fruit with palate replays and a laser-like line of mouth-watering tang and pizzazz. Pour on its own or alongside mussels steamed in white wine, sliced leeks with a splash of cream or a plate of gourmet sushi. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2020 Tawse Winery ‘Growers Blend’ Pinot Gris was sourced from estate vines as well as from a neighbour, Lawrie Vineyard. It will become available from the winery once the 2019 stock has been depleted in approximately a month or two from now.

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Tawse Winery ‘Growers Blend’ Pinot Gris 2020
VQA Niagara Peninsula $29.05 12.0% alcohol
Bronze-tinged in the glass, aromas of strawberry and spice waft easily. It envelops the palate with tang-laden flavours of blood orange, lemon zest and wisps of passionfruit soon joined by a moderating wash of pit fruit—yellow plum and ripe peach. It’s crisp clean and refreshing on the palate with a dry finish and aftertaste. It’s medium-bodied with good texture and pours well with lemon chicken or pan-seared scallops. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2020 Tawse Winery ‘Growers Blend’ Unoaked Chardonnay’ was sourced from estate and select plots of purchased fruit, that was then fermented by ambient yeasts then 25% of the wine experienced malolactic fermentation. The quality-price balance tips well in your favour… pick up a few.

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Tawse Winery ‘Growers Blend’ Unoaked Chardonnay’ 2020
VQA Niagara Peninsula $20.15 13.0% alcohol
Green apple, citrus and tropical fruit aromas open the door to this appealing chardonnay with its delightful palate flavours with Granny Smith apple, minerality with notions of leesy notes bolstered by creamy smooth texture, medium-plus body and deft balance throughout. It finishes tangy and full of pizzazz through the finish and aftertaste. Pour alongside white, three-cheese pizza—Gouda, Mozzarella, Stilton. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2019 Tawse Winery ‘Sketches’ Chardonnay was sourced from a blend of Estate and purchased fruit. This was barrel fermented, and barrel aged for 12 months in a mix of 60% 500L and 40% 228L with 30% new oak. It underwent full malolactic conversion.

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Tawse Winery ‘Sketches’ Chardonnay 2019
VQA Ontario $19.95 (89037) 12.5% alcohol
Light-yellow hued in the glass, it opens with aromas of yellow apple, ripe pear and exotic spice followed by a palate-bathing river of flavour with baked apple, ginger root and lemon pie filling to the fore. It’s mellow and smooth with good purity of fruit extending to and through the bountiful, lip-smacking and lingering finish and aftertaste. This showcases almost fully evolved oak, deft balance, exceptional value and plenty to like. Pour with breaded pork cutlets or pan-seared freshwater fish. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2018 Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard – Estate Bottled’ Chardonnay was sourced from hand-harvested fruit from the Estate Quarry Road Vineyard that was planted in 1998 on mixed limestone and clay soils and is now farmed organically and biodynamically. The fruit was barrel fermented with indigenous yeast then barrel aged for 16 months in a mix of 228L and 500L French oak barrels, 30% new oak, with no bâtonnage. It also underwent full malolactic fermentation.

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Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard – Estate Bottled’ Chardonnay 2018
VQA Vinemount Ridge $37.15 (111989) 13.5% alcohol
Appealing aromas of Mirabelle plum, exotic incense, yellow peach and almonds abound. It blankets the palate with a nicely textured surge of spiced vanilla, baked apple and plenty of tang and pizzazz. This is medium-plus bodied with good mouthfeel, deft balance and crisp, refreshing finish and aftertaste decorated with sharp mineral notes and plenty of mouth-watering acidity. Pour alongside lemony shrimp Risotto or steamed lobster with a dipping bowl of clarified butter. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2019 Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard – Estate Bottled’ Gewürztraminer was hand-picked from the Estate Quarry Road Vineyard. This has 35.3 g/L residual sugar

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Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard – Estate Bottled’ Gewürztraminer 2019
VQA Vinemount Ridge $25.15 11.5% alcohol
Lychee, ginger-infused spice and plenty of Turkish delight confectionary aromas dominate on the nose. The palate’s treated to a sweet gusher of rosewater and hints of sweet vanilla. It’s medium-bodied with good mouthfeel and pours well alongside baked, bone-in ham decorated with cloves and basted with maple syrup or a simple fruit flan. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2020 Tawse Winery ‘Growers Blend – Orange Wine – Skin-Fermented’ Pinot Gris was 100% hand-picked, sourced and purchased from Lawrie Vineyard and was in contact with skins for ten days with 2 g/L residual sugar remaining in the finished wine.

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Tawse Winery ‘Growers Blend – Orange Wine – Skin-Fermented’ Pinot Gris 2020
VQA Niagara Peninsula $27.15 12.0% alcohol
Aromas of orange zest, exotic incense and earthy notes introduce a linear line of tang-laden acidity consisting of crunchy passionfruit, tart orange juice and notions of piquant minerality. Pour this with a radicchio salad dressed with crumbled chèvre and verjus or home-baked bread or buns spread liberally with tapenade. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2020 Tawse ‘Sketches’ Rosé is a blend of red grapes—cabernet sauvignon/cabernet franc/pinot noir/merlot—from various premium selected plots as all the fruit was purchased and made in the saignée method from four to 24 hours depending on the batch. This wine is a great example of the VQA Ontario 2020 vintage and has a nicely balanced 5.9 g/L residual sugar. This is also a Vintages Essentials wine always available in a large number of select LCBO retail stores.

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Tawse ‘Sketches’ Rosé 2020
VQA Niagara Peninsula $17.95 (172643) 13.0% alcohol
Mixed red cherry/berry aromas intertwine with floral notes on the nose. It bathes the palate with a nicely balanced stream of delightful, delectable flavours—red raspberry, strawberry and tangy pie cherry—stretching through to the finish and aftertaste. This is rich in flavour and balanced on a pin with a lengthy lip-smacking finish and mouth-watering aftertaste. The price-quality balance tips well in your favour, pick up a handful. Sipping well on its own, it’s versatile at the table, pour with pan-seared or poached salmon or a variety of sushi and sashimi. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2019 Tawse Winery ‘Cherry Vineyard – Estate Bottled’ Gamay was hand-harvested from Tawse’ Estate Gamay block then aged for six months in 228L French oak barrels, 40% new oak, 60% pre-loved oak.

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Tawse Winery ‘Cherry Vineyard – Estate Bottled’ Gamay 2019
VQA Twenty Mile Bench $32.15 11.5% alcohol
This is light-crimson hued in the glass while appealing aromas flow freely with the slightest swirl—fresh lively red fruit with plum and cherry decorated with piquant vanilla, floral and earthy notes. It tackles the palate with a delicious and tang-laden surge of pie cherry and passion fruit adorned with ripe, almost sweet red plum and wisps of blueberry tart that appear mid-palate and persist through the lip-smacking, lengthy finish and aftertaste. There’s plenty of pizzazz and tension as well as balancing ripe flavours. Pour alongside lamb tagine. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2018 Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard – Estate Bottled’ Pinot Noir was sourced 100% from the hand-harvested fruit from the Estate Quarry Road Vineyard of tightly knit vines planted in 2007. This wine was matured for 12 months in French oak. It will also be released through an LCBO October 16, 2021 Vintages Release.

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Tawse Winery ‘Quarry Road Vineyard – Estate Bottled’ Pinot Noir 2018
VQA Vinemount Ridge $37.15 (307686) 13.0% alcohol
Lively aromas leap from the glass—piquant spice of cinnamon and ginger mingling with earthy and mineral notes galore. There’s a laser-like streak of red fruit on the palate—cranberry, passionfruit and pomegranate—riding a stream of tang and acidity that’s ameliorated on the back palate by riper red cherry and raspberry. There’s a lick of tannin throughout the dry finish and aftertaste. Aerate/decant for three hours before serving with coq au vin or cassoulet. Careful cellaring for two or three years should also be rewarded. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2019 Tawse Winery ‘Growers Blend’ Cabernet Franc was sourced from 100% selected plots of purchased fruit from around the Niagara Peninsula that was hand-picked then matured in 228L French oak barrels for 16 months, with 35% new oak. It will also be released through an LCBO October 30, 2021 Vintages Release.

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Tawse Winery ‘Growers Blend’ Cabernet Franc 2019
VQA Niagara Peninsula $29.15 (284570) 12.5% alcohol
Fruit-forward aromas of dark cherry/berry and black plum abound on the nose. It leads on the palate with a burst of acidity expressing itself as tang–infused red currant and passionfruit interlaced with notions of Montmorency cherry and saline minerality. It opens up on the mid-palate with riper dark cherry fruit and black currant while the acidity lessens a tad. Pour with red pizza with mushroom, bacon and pepperoni or spaghetti with Bolognese sauce. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2018 Redstone Winery ‘Redstone Vineyard’ Syrah was 100% sourced from its Estate Redstone Vineyard that was hand harvested then aged 16 months in 228L French oak barrels with 35% new oak.

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Redstone Winery ‘Redstone Vineyard’ Syrah 2018
VQA Lincoln Lakeshore $40.15 13.0% alcohol
Aromas of dark berry fruit—black currant and black raspberry—mingle with mocha and floral notes. It washes over the palate with a burst of bramble berry and tangy acidity persisting through the finish and aftertaste along with adornments of peppery spice and black plum. Pour with a striploin, grilled medium-rare. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2016 Redstone Winery ‘Redstone Vineyard’ Merlot was 100% hand-harvested and sourced from the Estate Redstone Vineyard then matured 16 months in 228L French oak barrels with 35% new oak.

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Redstone Winery ‘Redstone Vineyard’ Merlot 2016
VQA Lincoln Lakeshore $46.15 14.0% alcohol
Aromas of dark chocolate, cassis and black Bing cherry abound. It captures the palate with a delicious wash that’s balanced and bountiful—black currant, black plum and mulberry decorated with excellent acidity as well as notions of dark bittersweet chocolate. This showcases persistent purity of fruit, deft balance, good mouthfeel and plenty of tang and pizzazz through the entire tasting experience. Kudos to the entire winemaking team under the extraordinary tutelage of Paul Pender, Director of Viticulture and Winemaking. (Vic Harradine)