The Winery Mike Weir of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

Winery Mike Weir
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 flemish beer stew, mouse of lamb with honey and thyme or duck legs with honey and orange.

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 quiche with mixed vegetables, cod brandade or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

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: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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: Bitter (flavor)

A flavour generally provided in wines by polyphenols and accompanied by a sensation of pungency. In small quantities, bitterness makes you salivate, gives relief to the wine and reinforces its sapidity.

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

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Péronne

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Péronne, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

What style should one expect from a good Chablis by Debra MEIBURG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In 80-second clip, Debra MEIBURG answers the question of an Internet user : what style should one expect from a good Chablis ? #Chablis #PureChablis ...

Chablis: #locationmatters by Yang LU

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this first 90-second clip, Yang LU explains how location is the key to understanding “Why Chablis is special”. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

The word of the wine: Bitter (flavor)

A flavour generally provided in wines by polyphenols and accompanied by a sensation of pungency. In small quantities, bitterness makes you salivate, gives relief to the wine and reinforces its sapidity.