The annual “All Canadian Wine Championships” have just posted this year’s winners. Although the competition is mostly made up of grape wines, it does have an impressive showing of fruit wines and is regarded as one of the most prestigious wine competition on the Canadian wine calendar.
Here are the winners and I would like to offer my congratulations to all Canadian winemakers making great fruit wines for us to enjoy!
Best Fruit Wine of the Year
Rossignol Estate Winery, PEI 2006 Blackberry Mead
Double Gold – best of category
Soft Fruit Dry
Muskoka Lakes Winery, ON 2006 Wild Blueberry Wine
Soft Fruit Off-Dry
Muskoka Lakes Winery, ON 2006 Cranberry Blueberry Wine
Soft Fruit Dessert
Rossignol Estate Winery, PEI 2006 Blackberry Mead Trophy
Tree Fruit Dry
La Face Cachee de la Pomme, 2006 Degel
Tree Fruit Off-Dry
Domaine Le Cageot, QC 2007 Muskoka
Tree Fruit Dessert
Domaine Pinnacle, QC 2006 Sparkling Ice Cider
Fruit Fortifieds
Applewood Farm Winery, ON 2005 Mac Meade
Medals of Merit
Soft Fruit Dry
Gold:
Muskoka Lakes Winery, ON 2006 Oak Aged Wild Blueberry Wine
Silver:
Sanduz Estate Wines, BC N/V Gooseberry Table Wine
Bronze:
Scotch Block Winery, ON 2006 Regal Black Currant
Soft Fruit Off Dry
Gold:
Applewood Farm Winery, ON 2007 Eden
Caroline Cellars, ON 2006 Blackberry
Silver:
Rush Creek Wines, ON 2007 Rockin Raspberry
Sunnybrook Farm Winery, ON N/V Red Raspberry
Sunnybrook Farm Winery, ON N/V Black Raspberry
Bronze:
Field Stone Estate, AB 2007 Raspberry Fruit Wine
Muskoka Lakes Winery, ON 2006 Cranberry Wine
Soft Fruit Dessert
Silver:
Sanduz Estate Wines, BC N/V Framboise Raspberry
Rocky Creek Winery, ON 2006 Blackberry
Bronze:
Scotch Block Winery, ON 2007 Raspberry Truffle
Tree Fruit Dry
Gold:
Sunnybrook Farm Winery, ON NV Ironwood Hard Cidre
Silver:
Les Vergers de la Colline, QC 2006 L’Ancestral
Bronze:
Kermode Wild Berry Wines, BC 2005 Glacier Bear Apple Dry
Tree Fruit Off Dry
Gold:
Les Vergers de la Colline, QC 2006 Rose
Silver:
Sunnybrook Farm Winery, ON NV Spiced Apple
Bronze:
Sunnybrook Farm Winery, ON NV Golden Plum
Tree Fruit Dessert
Gold:
Domaine Felibre, QC 2007 Givre
La Face Cachee de la Pomme 2006 Frimas
Silver:
Forbidden Fruit Winery, BC 2007 Pomme Desire
Les Vergers de la Colline, QC 2004 Le Glace Iced Cider
Bronze:
Rossignol Estate Winery, NS 2006 Liberty Blossom
Domaine Felibre, QC 2007 Rouge
Fruit Fortified:
Gold:
Domaine Le Cageot, QC 2007 Bleu du Roi
Forbidden Fruit Winery, BC 2007 Plumiscuous Plum Mistelle
Forbidden Fruit Winery, BC 2006 Caught Apricot Mistelle
Silver:
Field Stone Estate, AB 2006 Raspberry Dessert Wine
Elephant Island Orchard Wines 2007 Framboise
Forbidden Fruit Winery, BC 2006 Ice Lady Mistelle
Rossignol Estate Winery, PEI NV Maple Wine
Bronze:
Cherry Point Vineyards, BC NV Cowichan Blackberry Dessert
Wellbrook Winery Ltd., BC 2007 Fortified Blackberry Wine