#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 friends, and with early morning bonfires blazing, w...

#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 twenty years possible.  You’ve bought our product...

#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 quality of life context.  Not surprisingly, many of t...

#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 floor, folding table and duct-taped electronics, the s...

#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 some came to noughtAt a management meeting.Be warne...

#15 - REVIEWS & AWARDS

From its founding, Malivoire has drawn the notice of wine critics, judges and cognoscenti.  Our earliest vintages of Chardonnay and Moira Chardonnay found their way to the cellar at Government Hous...

#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) Gamay, for instance.  Looking for varieties that con...

#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 discredited locally by inferior rosés that reflect...

#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 bring the new winery to life. As the major task at ...

#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 classical antiquity, and it’s Martin’s conviction ...

#10 - WINEMAKERS

Post # 10 - WINEMAKERSAt its beginning, given his fledgling winery’s small production, Martin Malivoire supervised winemaking himself. As the next vintages brought higher demands, Martin turned to ...

#9 - CASE PRODUCTION

Malivoire introduced itself to the Ontario market with releases of Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Ladybug Rose, Old vines Foch and Gewürztraminer icewine. Production from the 1998 harvest was a modest...