The Winery Vieni of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

Winery Vieni
The winery offers 50 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 304 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara Peninsula in the region of Ontario

The Winery Vieni is one of the best wineries to follow in Niagara Peninsula.. It offers 50 wines for sale in of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vieni wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Vieni

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vieni

How Winery Vieni wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, veal or pork such as recipes of couscous chicken and merguez, sauté of doe stroganoff or the real vegetables stuffed in the provençal way.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Vieni

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vieni

  • 2013With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.65/5

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

  • Baco Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Marechal Foch
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Aglianico

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 sparkling wines of Winery Vieni

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Vieni

How Winery Vieni wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of filet mignon with prunes and white wine, squid rings with tomato or roast goose, soft.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Vieni

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Vieni. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit or earth.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Vieni.

  • Riesling
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Vidal

Discover the grape variety: Maréchal Foch

Maréchal Foch noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). 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. The Maréchal Foch noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhône Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon.

The top white wines of Winery Vieni

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vieni

How Winery Vieni wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, tunisian bricks or salmon and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Vieni

On the nose the white wine of Winery Vieni. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Vieni. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Vieni

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Vieni

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 Vieni.

Discover the grape variety: Aglianico

A very old grape variety grown in Italy, some believe it to be of Greek origin. In France, it is practically unknown. It can be found in Australia, the United States (California), Argentina, etc. It should not be confused with Aglianicone, another grape variety grown in Italy, which is, however, very similar to Aglianico.

News about Winery Vieni 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: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.