Uncorked Ontario

Tasting for the 2009 InterVin International Wine Awards was conducted in September 2009 at White Oaks Resort & Spa in Niagara-on-the-Lake. A panel of distinguished sommeliers, wine writers, educators and winemakers who assessed more than 750 wines from 16 countries during the competition, judged the extensive three-day blind tasting evaluation.

Judges included internationally acclaimed sommeliers Zoltan Szabo and Jamie Drummond, respected wine writers Margaret Swaine and Daenna Van Mulligen and celebrated winemakers Darryl Brooker and Craig McDonald.

Full results from the competition are available online at intervin.ca.

Category: Cabernet Franc

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Colio Estate Wines Inc.
Brand: CEV
Style: Cabernet Franc
Vintage: 2005
Retail: $20.75

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Muscedere Vineyards
Brand:
Style: Cabernet Franc
Vintage: 2007
Retail: $16.00

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Pelee Island Winery
Brand:
Style: Cabernet Franc
Vintage: 2008
Retail: $10.95

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Medal: SILVER
Winery: Pelee Island Winery
Style: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2005
Retail: $24.95

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Colio Estate Wines Inc.
Brand: CEV
Style: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2007
Retail: $19.75

Category: Chardonnay – Unoaked

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Colio Estate Wines Inc.
Brand: CEV
Style: Chardonnay Musque
Vintage: 2007
Retail: $15.35

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Pelee Island Winery
Brand:
Style: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2008
Retail: $10.95

Category: Late Harvest

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Pelee Island Winery
Style: Late Harvest Riesling
Vintage: 2008
Retail: $13.95

Category: Pinot Noir

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Pelee Island Winery
Style: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2008
Retail: $10.95

Category: Red Blend

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Pelee Island Winery
Brand: Eco Trail
Style: Red
Vintage: 2008
Retail: $9.95

Category: Red Varietal

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Muscedere Vineyards
Style: Baco Noir
Vintage: 2007
Retail: $18.00

Category: Riesling Dry

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Pelee Island Winery
Style: Riesling Dry
Vintage: 2008
Retail: $10.95

Category: Sauvignon Blanc

Medal: BRONZE
Winery: Colio Estate Wines Inc.
Brand: CEV
Style: Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage: 2008
Retail: $15.75

The Cottam Wine Society, an unofficial group of self proclaimed local wine experts from South Western Ontario will gather this New Year’s Eve to conduct their first annual tasting and to crown the best Baco of the bunch.

Eight local Baco Noir’s from Lake Erie North Shore and one from the Niagara region will be put to a blind taste test and only one will be awarded the title as best local Baco.

Here is a list of Baco Noir’s that will be tasted:
Colio 2008,
Pelee Island 2008,
Mastronardi Casa Nostra 2008,
Erie Shore 2008,
Muscedere 2007 Reserve,
Aleksander 2007,
D’Angelo 2007 Reserve,
Sanson 2005 Reserve,
Henry of Pelham 2005 Reserve.

The eight local Baco’s will also be put to the test as they compete against what many consider one of the best Ontario Baco Noir’s from the Niagara region, Henry of Pelham 2005 Reserve.