The Niagara College Teaching Winery of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

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The winery offers 54 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 196 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara Peninsula in the region of Ontario

The Niagara College Teaching Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Niagara Peninsula.. It offers 54 wines for sale in of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Niagara College Teaching Winery wines

Looking for the best Niagara College Teaching Winery wines in Niagara Peninsula among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Niagara College Teaching Winery 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 Niagara College Teaching Winery wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery

How Niagara College Teaching Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed eggplant (with vegetables or mixed), smoked salmon sandwich or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

On the nose the white wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery. often reveals types of flavors of oak, non oak or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Gris
  • Riesling
  • Vidal

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 red wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery

How Niagara College Teaching Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of scottish haggis, canned cassoulet or duck with orange and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

On the nose the red wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay Noir

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top sweet wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery

How Niagara College Teaching Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables, tartiflette (from a real savoyard) or duck legs with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

On the nose the sweet wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, microbio or vegetal. In the mouth the sweet wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

  • 2013With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Chardonnay
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Residual sugars

Sugars not transformed into alcohol and naturally present in the wine. The perception of residual sugars is conditioned by the acidity of the wine. The more acidic the wine is, the less sweet it will seem, given the same amount of sugar.

The top pink wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery

How Niagara College Teaching Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, pumpkin parmentier hash or endive frichti.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery

On the nose the pink wine of Niagara College Teaching Winery. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, red fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Niagara College Teaching Winery.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Niagara College Teaching Winery

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 Niagara College Teaching Winery.

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Niagara College Teaching Winery 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: Residual sugars

Sugars not transformed into alcohol and naturally present in the wine. The perception of residual sugars is conditioned by the acidity of the wine. The more acidic the wine is, the less sweet it will seem, given the same amount of sugar.