#20YearsIn20Posts

#20 - FINAL POST of #20YearsIn20Posts

#20 - FINAL POST of #20YearsIn20Posts

As snow settles on wintry vineyard rows, only one task awaits before we say good-bye to this twentieth-anniversary vintage.  With co-workers and f...
#19 - CUSTOMERS & APPRECIATION

#19 - CUSTOMERS & APPRECIATION

Without “you”, there is no “us”!  Since the day we opened, we’ve appreciated that you, the patron, by sustaining us in so many ways, made the past...
#18 - FOOD & EVENTS

#18 - FOOD & EVENTS

Since our beginnings we have sought to engage our patrons through events that imaginatively explore wine, our product, within its multi-faceted qua...
#17 - EVOLUTION OF RETAIL

#17 - EVOLUTION OF RETAIL

Looking around our original wine shop, early visitors to Malivoire could be sure of one thing only: “retail is here today”.  With its concrete floo...
#16 - THE CRYPT

#16 - THE CRYPT

The shadows you'll find In this wasteland of frightAre traces of plansThat scarcely took flight.Some had a moment, Although it was fleeting,And s...
#15 - REVIEWS & AWARDS

#15 - REVIEWS & AWARDS

From its founding, Malivoire has drawn the notice of wine critics, judges and cognoscenti.  Our earliest vintages of Chardonnay and Moira Chardonna...
#14 - OTHER ICONIC VARIETALS

#14 - OTHER ICONIC VARIETALS

As rose is central to Malivoire’s identity, so are other vines and wines.   (Tristan Bondett, Vineyard Manager, with magnum of Courtney Gamay) Ga...
#13 - LADYBUG

#13 - LADYBUG

Twenty years ago, the outlook for rosé in this part of the world wavered somewhere between 'indifferent' and 'irrelevant'. The wine style had been ...
#12 STAFF & TEAM

#12 STAFF & TEAM

By this time twenty years ago, the future Malivoire winery was rapidly nearing completion on the Beamsville Bench. It was time to add people to b...
#11 - RESEARCH TRIPS

#11 - RESEARCH TRIPS

The youth and optimism of Canada’s wine industry make it an exciting one to be part of.   On the other hand, winemaking is a trade dating back to ...
#10 - WINEMAKERS

#10 - WINEMAKERS

Post # 10 - WINEMAKERSAt its beginning, given his fledgling winery’s small production, Martin Malivoire supervised winemaking himself. As the next ...
#9 - CASE PRODUCTION

#9 - CASE PRODUCTION

Malivoire introduced itself to the Ontario market with releases of Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Ladybug Rose, Old vines Foch and Gewürztraminer icew...