The Winery Mike Weir of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

Winery Mike Weir - Cabernet - Merlot
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 84 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara Peninsula in the region of Ontario

The Winery Mike Weir is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mike Weir wines

Looking for the best Winery Mike Weir wines in Niagara Peninsula among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Mike Weir wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Mike Weir wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Mike Weir

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mike Weir

How Winery Mike Weir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, merguez - courgettes gratin (leftover barbecue) or wild boar leg of 7 hours.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mike Weir

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mike Weir. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mike Weir

  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Mike Weir.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Niagara Peninsula

Niagara Peninsula is the largest and most productive viticultural area in Canada, located on the Southern shores of Lake Ontario. It stretches roughly 55km (35 miles) between the eastern limits of Hamilton city in the west and the left bank of the Niagara River as it flows into Lake Ontario. The VQA covers over 13,000 acres (5,200 hectares) oand produces mainly cool Climate varieties such as Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. It also produces a large Volume of ice wine.

Indeed, 90 percent of Canada's ice wine is made here, which makes the region the biggest producer of the style on earth. Needless to say, most other styles of wine are covered in Niagara Peninsula, from rosé and Sparkling wines, to Central-ranges/orange">Orange wines and Pét-nats (Pétillant naturels). The region boasts nearly 100 wineries, producing over 10 million litres of wine annually. The geographical Niagara Peninsula appears within the strip of land that runs west-to-east between Lake Ontario in the North and Lake Erie in the south.

The "peninsula" is formed by the Niagara River that flows northwards, between the two lakes. The river also marks the international boundary between Ontario, Canada and the US state of New York. The viticultural zone is confined to the northern half of the Peninsula, however, between the southern shore of Lake Ontario and the land just south of the Niagara Escarpment. The Escarpment, a 650-mile-long (1050km) limestone ridge that runs from upstate New York through the Great Lakes region, has a profound effect on the Terroir here.

The top white wines of Winery Mike Weir

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mike Weir

How Winery Mike Weir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed peppers, baked salmon mediterranean style or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Mike Weir

On the nose the white wine of Winery Mike Weir. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mike Weir

  • 2010With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.25/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Mike Weir.

  • Chardonnay
  • Merlot
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top sweet wines of Winery Mike Weir

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Mike Weir

How Winery Mike Weir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Mike Weir

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Mike Weir. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Mike Weir

  • 2009With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Mike Weir.

  • Vidal

The word of the wine: Viscosity

Consistency of wine reminiscent of the tactile sensation of sugar syrup with varying degrees of fluidity, due to the alcohol and natural sugar in the grapes present in sweet wines. In excess, this sensation can make the wine pasty and heavy. To the eye, viscosity is referred to as tears.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mike Weir

Planning a wine route in the of Niagara Peninsula? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Mike Weir.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Mike Weir and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Tributes paid to Paul Pender

Canada’s wine community is mourning the sudden loss of beloved Ontario winemaker Paul Pender. Passing away at the age of just 54, Pender died ‘unexpectedly under tragic circumstances’ on 4 February, 2022, as announced by sister wineries Tawse and Redstone.    Before becoming director of viticulture and winemaking at Tawse and Redstone, he was a carpenter. When he developed an allergy to the dust and solvents, he went back to school to study winemaking at Niagara College in 2004. Pender’s interns ...

The word of the wine: Viscosity

Consistency of wine reminiscent of the tactile sensation of sugar syrup with varying degrees of fluidity, due to the alcohol and natural sugar in the grapes present in sweet wines. In excess, this sensation can make the wine pasty and heavy. To the eye, viscosity is referred to as tears.