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Pillitteri Estates Winery has emerged in the 2000s as the world's largest estate icewine producer. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] In November 2006, Canadian producer Royal DeMaria released five cases of Chardonnay icewine with a half-bottle price set at C$ 30,000, making it the world's most expensively priced wine.
Gary Orazio Vincenzo Pillitteri (born 1 March 1936) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004. Born in Racalmuto , Italy , Pillitteri is a farmer and businessman . Currently, he is the founder and president of Pillitteri Estates Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake .
Vidal ice wines are a popular style of wine produced in Canada.. Vidal Blanc was created in the 1930s by French grape breeder Jean-Louis Vidal (1880-1976) as a potential variety to be used in cognac production in the maritime climate and cold winters of western France.
In 1984, Kaiser used nets to protect Inniskillin's grapes and were able to produce the winery's first ice wine. This wine was made from Vidal grapes harvested at the Brae Burn Estate and was in fact labelled "Eiswein", the German and Austrian wine term. Thus, Inniskillin was one of the first Canadian wineries to produce ice wine, and the first ...
Reif Estate's 125-acre (0.51 km 2) vineyard is located in Niagara Peninsula appellation, in the Niagara River sub-appellation.The Niagara River sub-appellation is characterized by its east facing slopes, offering grape varieties necessary sun exposure during the day.
Under the "International - Canadian blend" or "Cellared in Canada" name, Canadian wine producers can import pre-fermented grape must from grapes grown in other countries to produce wines under their own wine label. These wines are then designated as being made or "cellared" in Canada, even though they contain a fraction of Canadian-grown grape ...
In 1959, David Bennion purchased the 80 acre winery and vineyard above Cupertino in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That same year, he produced his very first wine, a Cabernet Sauvignon from the estate. Excited by the quality of the early wines, the partners decided to re-bond the winery in time for the 1962 vintage, calling their endeavor Ridge ...
Gewürztraminer (German: [ɡəˈvʏʁtstʁaˌmiːnɐ], Austrian German: [ɡəˈvʏrtstraˌmiːnɐ]) is an aromatic wine grape variety, used in white wines, and which performs best in cooler climates. In English, it is sometimes referred to colloquially as Gewürz ( / ɡ ə ˈ v ʊər t s , ɡ ə ˈ v ɜːr t s / gə- VOORTS , gə- VURTS ...