The Winery Riverview Cellars of Niagara-on-the-Lake of Ontario

Winery Riverview Cellars
The winery offers 34 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 106 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara-on-the-Lake in the region of Ontario

The Winery Riverview Cellars is one of the best wineries to follow in Niagara-on-the-Lake.. It offers 34 wines for sale in of Niagara-on-the-Lake to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Riverview Cellars wines

Looking for the best Winery Riverview Cellars wines in Niagara-on-the-Lake among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Riverview Cellars 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 Riverview Cellars wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Riverview Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Riverview Cellars

How Winery Riverview Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of baeckeoffe, light salmon steaks and or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Riverview Cellars

On the nose the white wine of Winery Riverview Cellars. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Riverview Cellars

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Riverview Cellars.

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

Discovering the wine region of Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara-on-the-Lake is a regional VQA appellation in Ontario, Canada, on the southern shores of Lake Ontario and surrounded by water on three sides. It produces the largest Volume of ice wine in the world, more so than the style's homeland of Germany. Riesling, Cabernet Franc and Vidal are planted widely for this style. There are around 20 wineries in operation here and international wine-producing powerhouses such as Inniskillin, Jackson Triggs and Peller Estate are collectively responsible for the majority of Canadian ice wines sold outside of Canada.

The consistent Climate is well suited to the production of ice wine. Its vineyards enjoy a growing season brought about by the temperature-moderating capacities of the lake. Some Dry wines are also made in Niagara-on-the-Lake. These usually feature Chardonnay, Riesling and Cabernet Sauvignon.

In terms of Size, the appellation is a middle ground between the broader Niagara Peninsula VQA and four smaller sub-appellations within its borders. These are Niagara Lakeshore, Four Mile Creek, Niagara River and St David's Bench. The western boundary runs along the Welland Canal, a shipping facility that is an important Part of the St Lawrence Seaway. The high ridge of the Niagara Escarpment forms an obvious southern boundary, and the Niagara River separates Niagara-on-the-Lake from the US state of New York in the east.

The top red wines of Winery Riverview Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Riverview Cellars

How Winery Riverview Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, chiche kebab in armenian or duck breast with foie gras sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Riverview Cellars

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Riverview Cellars

  • 2012With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.45/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Riverview Cellars.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Baco Noir
  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Franc

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 Riverview Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Riverview Cellars

How Winery Riverview Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a crust, nanie's diced ham quiche or fillet of venison.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Riverview Cellars.

  • Vidal
  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Free-run wine

The free-run wine is the wine that flows out of the vat by gravity at the time of running off. The marc soaked in wine is then pressed to extract a rich and tannic wine. Free-run wine and press wine are then aged separately and eventually blended by the winemaker in proportions defined according to the type of wine being made.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Riverview Cellars

Planning a wine route in the of Niagara-on-the-Lake? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Riverview Cellars.

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 Riverview Cellars and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vergisson

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-Vergisson, 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 available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Pierreclos

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-Pierreclos, 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/BourgogneW ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bray

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-Bray, 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 available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...

The word of the wine: Free-run wine

The free-run wine is the wine that flows out of the vat by gravity at the time of running off. The marc soaked in wine is then pressed to extract a rich and tannic wine. Free-run wine and press wine are then aged separately and eventually blended by the winemaker in proportions defined according to the type of wine being made.