Cuvée Awards

Cuvée Awards 2009

Red Wine—Sponsored by Scott Laboratories
Thirty Bench Wine Makers Small Lot Cabernet Franc 2006 GOLD 

Limited Edition Red Wine—Sponsored by Sun Media
Creekside Estate Winery Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 GOLD 

White Wine—Sponsored by Scott Laboratories
Legends Estates Winery Riesling Reserve 2003 GOLD

Limited Edition White Wine—Sponsored by Vines Magazine
(tied for first place)
Cattail Creek Estate Winery Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2007 GOLD
Creekside Estate Winery Viognier 2007 GOLD 

General List Red Wine—LCBO Chair Award
Dan Aykroyd Winery Cabernet Shiraz 2007 

General List White Wine—LCBO Chair Award
Jackson Triggs Niagara Estate Winery Proprietor's Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2007 GOLD

Sparkling Wine
(tied for first place)
Hillebrand Estates Winery Cabernet Shiraz 2006
Maleta Estate Winery View Old Vines Brut 2006 

Sweet Wine—Sponsored by Brubi Glass Packaging Canada
Inniskillin Wines Riesling Icewine 2007 1ST PLACE GOLD
Konzelmann Estate Winery Vidal Icewine 2007 2ND PLACE GOLD
Peller Estates Winery Riesling Icewine 2006 3RD PLACE GOLD

Limited Edition Sweet Wine
De Sousa Wine Cellars Cabernet Franc Icewine 2006 

Meritage
Tawse Winery Meritage 2006 1ST PLACE GOLD
Strewn Winery Three Terroir 2006 2ND PLACE

Pinot Noir
Niagara College Teaching Winery Dean's List Pinot Noir 2007 1ST PLACE
Flat Rock Cellars Pinot Noir 2007 2ND PLACE  

Cabernet Franc
Thirty Bench Wine Makers Wine Makers Small Lot Cabernet Franc 2006 1ST PLACE GOLD
Cave Spring Cellars Cabernet Franc Estate 2006 2ND PLACE GOLD
Grange of Prince Edward Estate Winery Grange Cabernet Franc Northfield Block 2007 3RD PLACE

Merlot
Harvest Estate Winery Merlot 2006

Syrah/Shiraz
Creekside Estate Winery Broken Press Shiraz 2006 1ST PLACE GOLD
Lailey Vineyard Syrah Niagara River 2007 2ND PLACE

Red Assemblage
Wayne Gretzky Estate Winery Shiraz Cabernet 2006 GOLD

Riesling
(tied for first place)
Legends Estate Winery Riesling Reserve 2003 GOLD
Tawse Winery Sketches of Nagara Riesling 2007 GOLD

Gewürztraminer
Calamus Estate Winery Gewürztraminer 2007

Chardonnay Musqué
Cave Spring Cellars Chardonnay Musqué 2007

Sauvignon Blanc
(tied for 1st place)
Peninsula Ridge Estates Winery Sauvignon Blanc Winruer Vineyard 2007
Peninsula Ridge Estates Winery Fumé Blanc 2006

Chardonnay
Peller Estates Winery Signature Series Chardonnay Sur Lie 2007 GOLD
Southbrook Vineyards Triomphe Chardonnay 2006 2ND PLACE GOLD
Vineland Estates Winery Elevation Chardonnay 2007 3RD PLACE 

White Assemblage
Hillebrand Estates Winery Winert Trins White 2007 GOLD 

Tony Aspler Cuvée Award of Excellence—Sponsored by Tony Aspler
Darryl Brooker, Hillebrand Estates Winery
Darryl Brooker, Hillebrand’s winemaker—who raised the bar of quality for Ontario wines by bringing his extensive experience of winemaking in Australia and New Zealand to Canada and sharing it magnanimously with his peers. 

Curvée Gold Award
Inniskillin Wines Cabernet Franc Icewine 2007 

Cuvée Award of Excellence in Viticulture—Sponsored by Grape Growers of Ontario
Martin Schuele, Schuele Vineyards