Report from - Ontario Wine Awards 2013 ... May 10, 2013
10 May 2013- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
The 19th Annual Ontario Wine Awards were held Friday night at the Queen's Landing Inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake hosted by celebrity TV chef Christine Cushing.
Big winners this evening were Malivoire, winning three Golds for Chardonnay, Gamay and Merlot along with 3 other awards for a total of six. Tawse took two Golds (Riesling and Cabernet Sauvignon) on their way to collecting five medals. While Inniskillin with 5 awards (including two in the Vidal Icewine category) and sister winery Jackson-Triggs took four medals for a haul of 9 for Vincor. Chateau des Charmes and Angels Gate took home 4 medals each.
White Wine of the Year was won by 3 time winner (in a row) in the Chardonnay category Exultet for their ‘The Blessed’. Red Wine of the Year was taken by Pillitteri for their Exclamation Cabernet Franc
There were no Golds handed out in the Gewurztraminer, Red Hybrid, Syrah/Shiraz and Blended White categories. No surprise that a Creekside property took the Blended red Award, that’s their fifth year in a row. There were also 5 categories that saw ties for top spot.
Winemaker of the Year went to Marlize Beyers of Hidden Bench, obviously caught totally off-guard, and by surprise, her acceptance speech was about how proud she was to be part of the Ontario wine community and to be a winemaker.
And the Gold Medal winning wines are … (click here to see all the gold medal winners)
