In mid-July, winemakers and wine lovers from all over the world gathered in Niagara to celebrate cool-climate Chardonnay, Ontario’s hero variety. From the Winnipeg Free Press, drinks writer Ben Sigurdson experienced this year’s International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4C) and tasted how our local glacial soils and the moderating effects of Lake Ontario give this award-winning varietal its signature style. His main takeaway? That our local producers have fully embraced expressions of the grape that beautifully “retain freshness and verve.”
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Read the full story at the Winnipeg Free Press.
