The Winners Are? Ontario Wine Awards 2013

Q water
Sparkling Wine Award
Gold: 13th Street 2008 Premier Cuvée
Gold: Huff Estates 2007 Cuvée Peter F Huff
Silver: Angels Gate 2010 Archangel Chardonnay
Bronze: Hernder Estates 2007 Sparkling Riesling
NOW Magazine
Dry Riesling Award
Gold: Flat Rock Cellars 2010 Nadja’s Vineyard Riesling
Gold: Daniel Lenko Estate 2009 Reserve Riesling
Silver: John Howard Cellars of Distinction 2011 Traveller’s Series Riesling
Bronze: Hinterbrook Estate 2011 Riesling
Cornerstone Insurance Brokers Ltd.
Semi-Dry Riesling Award
Gold: Tawse 2010 Carly’s Block Riesling
Silver: Burning Kiln 2011 Riesling
Bronze: Tawse 2010 Sketches Riesling
Luxor Realty Inc.
Dry White Varietal Award
Gold: Inniskillin 2012 Reserve Viognier
Silver: Château des Charmes 2011 Aligote, St. David’s Bench Vineyard
Bronze: Nyarai Cellars 2012 Viognier
Gewurztraminer Award
Gold: No Gold Awarded
Silver: Tawse 2012 Quarry Road Gewurztraminer
Silver: Konzelmann Estate 2011 Gewurztraminer Late Harvest
Bronze: Riverview Cellars 2011 Gewurztraminer
Niagara Airbus
Pinot Blanc/Pinot Gris Award
Gold: Stoney Ridge Cellars 2011 Pinot Gris Excellence
Silver: Angels Gate 2011 Pinot Gris
Bronze: Harwood Estate 2011 Pinot Gris
680News
Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon Award
Gold: Angels Gate 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
Silver: Sandbanks Estate 2011 Sauvignon Blanc
Bronze: Hillebrand Estates 2012 Trius Sauvignon Blanc
Bronze: Jackson-Triggs 2011 Grand Reserve Sauvignon Blanc
Rosehill Wine Cellars Inc.
Oaked Chardonnay Award ~ Under $20
Gold: Rockway Vineyards 2011 Small Lot Reserve Chardonnay
Silver: Malivoire Wine Company 2011 Chardonnay
Bronze: Burning Kiln 2011 Cureman’s Chard
Steven Elphick & Associates
Oaked Chardonnay Award ~ Over $20
Gold: Exultet Estates 2011 Chardonnay “the Blessed”
Gold: Stoney Ridge Cellars 2010 Chardonnay Excellence
Silver: Tawse 2010 Quarry Road Chardonnay
Bronze: Huff Estates 2010 South Bay Chardonnay
Bronze: Tawse 2010 Estate Chardonnay
Bullfrog Power
Unoaked Chardonnay Award
Gold: Malivoire Wine Company 2012 Musqué Spritz
Silver: Vineland Estates 2010 Chardonnay Musqué
Bronze: Vineland Estates 2011 O’Leary Chardonnay
Dairy Farmers of Canada
Rosé/Blanc de Noir Award
Gold: Southbrook Vineyards 2011 Triomphe Cabernet Franc Rosé
Silver: Cooper’s Hawk Vineyards 2011 Rosé
Bronze: Château des Charmes 2012 Rosé, Cuvée d’Andrée, Estate Bottled
Bronze: Tawse 2012 Rosé
Crush Wine Bar
Gamay Award
Gold: Malivoire Wine Company 2012 Gamay
Silver: Château des Charmes 2010 Gamay Noir ‘Droit’, St. David’s Bench Vineyard
Bronze: Malivoire Wine Company 2012 Small Lot Gamay
Grape Growers of Ontario
Pinot Noir Award
Gold: Willow Springs 2010 Testa Pinot Noir
Silver: Angels Gate 2010 Mountainview Pinot Noir
Bronze: Flat Rock Cellars 2010 Pinot Noir
Red Hybrid Award
Gold: No Gold Awarded
Silver: Malivoire Wine Company 2011 Old Vines Foch
Silver: Sandbanks Estate 2011 Baco Noir
Bronze: Coffin Ridge 2011 Back From The Dead Red
Post City Magazines
Cabernet Sauvignon Award
Gold: Tawse 2010 Redstone Cabernet Sauvignon
Silver: PondView Estate 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon
Bronze: Calamus Estate 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon
680News
Cabernet Franc Award
Gold: Pillitteri Estates 2010 Exclamation Cabernet Franc Reserve
Gold: Hillebrand Estates 2010 Showcase Red Shale Cabernet Franc ‘Clark Farm Vineyard’
Silver: Lailey Vineyards 2010 Cabernet Franc
Bronze: Magnotta Winery 2011 Cabernet Franc Special Reserve
Bronze: Inniskillin 2010 Winemaker’s Series Three Vineyards Cabernet Franc
The Stonemill Bakehouse Ltd.
Merlot Award
Gold: Malivoire Wine Company 2010 Stouck Merlot
Gold: Peller Estates 2010 Signature Series Merlot
Silver: Rosewood Estates 2010 Merlot Reserve – Wild Ferment
Bronze: Kacaba Vineyards 2010 Reserve Merlot
Syrah/Shiraz Award
Gold: No Gold Awarded
Silver: Rockway Vineyards 2010 Small Lot Reserve Syrah
Silver: Tawse 2010 Syrah
Bronze: Lailey Vineyards 2011 Syrah
The Ontario Wine Society
Meritage and Cabernet/Merlot Blends Award
Gold: Jackson-Triggs 2010 Delaine Cabernet Merlot
Silver: The Foreign Affair 2011 Dream
Silver: Vineland Estates 2007 Cabernet Merlot Reserve
Bronze: PondView Estate 2010 Meritage
VIA Rail Canada
Late Harvest Award
Gold: Konzelmann Estate 2011 Special Select Late Harvest Vidal
Silver: Crooked Pine Vineyards by Diamond Estates The Winery 2012 Cabernet Franc Late Harvest
Bronze: Sandbanks Estate 2011 Winter Harvest
Ottawa Wine and Food Festival
Vidal Icewine Award
Gold: Jackson-Triggs 2008 Proprietors’ Reserve Vidal Icewine
Silver: Inniskillin 2011 Gold Oak-Aged Vidal Icewine
Bronze: Inniskillin 2008 Gold Oak-Aged Vidal Icewine
LCBO
Vinifera Icewine Award
Gold: Château des Charmes 2009 Riesling Icewine, Paul Bosc Estate Vineyard
Silver: Reif Estate 2011 Riesling Icewine
Bronze: Jackson-Triggs 2008 Grand Reserve Riesling Icewine
Blended White Award
Gold: No Gold Awarded
Silver: Small Talk Vineyards 2011 Faux Pas
Bronze: Fresh Wines 2012 Moscato
Allen’s
Blended Red Award
Gold: Creekside Estate 2007 Lost Barrel Red
Silver: Inniskillin 2010 Legacy Shiraz Merlot
Bronze: Creekside Estate 2010 Undercurrent Merazier
ASL Print FX
Best Label Design Award
Gold: Cooper’s Hawk Vineyards 2010 Cabernet Franc Reserve
Silver: Cattail Creek Estate 2011 Serendipity Rosé Estate Series
Bronze: Hillebrand Estate 2010 Showcase Red Shale Cabernet Franc ‘Clark Farm Vineyard’
Tidings
Wine Journalism Award
Steven Elphick
International wine judge, oenophile and self-confessed foodie, Steven Elphick, expresses his lifelong passions through the photographic lens. What emerges bears his indelible mark on great brands and the foods and wines we love. As the exclusive photographer for Spectacular Wineries of Ontario, published by Panache, Steven takes you on a captivating photographic journey through Ontario Wine Country, where vineyards flourish in picturesque settings and winemaker’s dreams are born.
Ontario Wine Awards judge Gordon Stimmell reviewed this volume in his Toronto Star column. He wrote: ‘Spectacular Wineries of Ontario’ is a fabulous visual voyage through Ontario’s wineries. My wine colleague, Steven Elphick, spent hundreds of hours waiting for the right magical moment to capture with his camera the beauty and personalities that are at the heart of our local wine industry. His lens opens up the distinctive wine worlds of Niagara, Lake Erie North Shore, Prince Edward County and even pioneering northern vineyards.’
An accomplished photographer in the commercial advertising, product, food and beverage arenas, Steven continues to deliver high quality photography to clients with precision and care. Add to that a knack for delivering creative solutions that make ad agencies and clients look good, and you know you’re in the right hands. Steve’s images are widely published in books, magazines and advertisements worldwide.
Vintage Hotels
White Wine of the Year Award
Exultet Estates
2011 Chardonnay “the Blessed”
Vintage Hotels
Red Wine of the Year Award
Pillitteri Estates
2010 Exclamation Cabernet Franc Reserve
Vintage Hotels
Winemaker of the Year Award
Marlize Beyers
Hidden Bench Vineyards and Winery
Marlize joined the Hidden Bench team in the spring of 2010 bringing with her a wealth of knowledge and experience making premium wine in Niagara and internationally. In addition, Marlize has an intimate knowledge of working with estate grown, Bench fruit acquired over the last eight vintages working in Niagara.
A graduate of the renowned University of Stellenbosch, Viticulture and Oenology programme, Marlize is extremely well qualified and passionate to carry on and enhance Hidden Bench’s reputation for making benchmark, terroir driven wines from its three estate vineyards. Marlize’s belief that winemaking is a craft, supported by a healthy dose of science meshes very well with Hidden Bench’s quality focused attention to detail from vineyard to bottle and natural winemaking style.
When Marlize is not busy in the vineyard or the cellar, she can be found travelling or working in her garden with her husband Meiring and their young son David, or on a running or mountain bike trail staying fit.