• For daily home, office or restaurant delivery for the following two wines are sold at the winery only, order online from this link Malivoire Wine Company with FREE shipping on orders of $99 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 Saturday and Sunday 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 Wine Company ‘Le Coeur’ Gamay was sourced from estate vines harvested September 29th at an average Brix level of 23.3 °C. Whole grape clusters were directed to stainless steel tanks that were purged of oxygen and sealed for one week undergoing carbonic maceration without mechanical or other augmentation followed by fermentation by wild yeast then by malo-lactic conversion. The wine aged for six months in neutral French oak 300L puncheons before bottling. This wine is certified sustainable; it’s also quite special with few wines attaining this score.

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Malivoire Wine Company ‘Le Coeur’ Gamay 2020
VQA Beamsville Bench $27.95 13.0% alcohol
The rich and luscious aromas of grilled savory herbs, mixed spice and dark fruit beguile the senses before delivering lively red fruit flavours—raspberry, currant and cherry—on the palate adorned with lip-smacking acidity and plenty of delightful, lively pizzazz. This is medium-plus bodied with good texture and mouthfeel and persistent purity of fruit to and through the mouth-watering finish and aftertaste. It finishes lengthy, satisfying and just plain delicious. Pour with grilled rack of lamb and oven-roasted potato wedges, skins on. (Vic Harradine)

• The following 2019 Malivoire Wine Company ‘Stouck Farmstead’ Red was sourced from the Stouck family farmstead with the Stouck family now 6th generation farmers of this land with ownership spread well over 100 years. This wine is certified sustainable by SWO and made of a blend of 57% merlot and 43% cabernet sauvignon with depth, structure and complexity of the grapes sourced here. The two grape varieties were vinified separately being crushed and sent to 3000L oak tanks. Following primary alcoholic fermentation and malo-lactic conversion the wine was matured in equal portions of American and French oak barrels including 15% new. The wine was blended after 16 months and bottled April, 2021.

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Malivoire Wine Company ‘Stouck Farmstead’ Red 2019
VQA Lincoln Lakeshore $26.95 13.0% alcohol
Lifted aromas of exotic spice and beguiling incense give way to black cherry/berry fruit on the nose of this delectable, red blend. It blankets the palate with a structured and textured surge of lively, refreshing red currant and pie cherry intertwined with piquant spice and ripe black raspberry and sweet mulberry underpinned by perceptible and acceptable, fine-grained, polished tannin. It’s medium-plus bodied with good mouthfeel and deft balance throughout while the finish and aftertaste showcase the persistent purity of fruit from the palate. The price-quality balance tips in your favour; pick up a few and pour with grilled gourmet sausage or a prime cut of beef tenderloin. (Vic Harradine)

• Order the following wine online via this link to Pelee Island Winery. They offer FREE shipping Ontario-wide on orders of $75 and more and Canada-wide on orders of $200 or more (Excluding QC, NL, NU).

• The following 2019 Pelee Island Winery ‘Bella’ Sparkling Red Wine is a vintage-dated Red Sparkling Wine made in the Charmat Method with a blend of two grapes—80% chambourcin/20% pinot noir with the former being a somewhat rare teinturier grape and is a French-American hybrid grape variety. This wine is certified sustainable, and certified vegan-friendly by VegeCert. Were you aware Pelee Island is Canada’s furthest southerly point and is further south than the most northern part of California? Chalk one up for Pelee Island! 

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Pelee Island Winery ‘Bella’ Sparkling Red Wine 2019
VQA Ontario $18.95 (21321) 10.5% alcohol
Aromas of mulled wine, cherry/berry fruit and dried roses precede mouthfuls of sweet and tang decorated with flavours of racy passionfruit and cranberry juxtaposed with hints of sweet candy floss and kirsch liqueur. It’s a tad lighter than medium bodied with plenty of pizzazz that persists through the finish and aftertaste. It’s quite nicely balanced throughout and delivers persistent fruit flavours and acidity with little sign of tannin. This is a versatile wine—pour chilled as an aperitif or pair with a strawberry fruit flan for dessert. (Vic Harradine)