Tractor-side Wisdom at Bud Break

A few of us ventured last week to the Ianello Vineyard where, on a brilliant late-April day, we were treated to tractor-side wisdom from our Vineyard Manager, “Doctor” Steve Kornic.  We were shown ...

A Diagnosis of Spring from our Farm Doctor

Malivoire’s trained eye is “Doctor Steve”: Steve Kornic, our senior viticulturalist.  As he describes it, “The yearly cycle in the vineyard is much like a Ferris wheel: every year it goes round and...

A Message About Pricing

As we step into this new year, we wanted to take a moment to openly share a note about our pricing, because transparency always matters to us. Last year, we separated the mandatory tax and bottle d...

Degrees, Days, Hours and Millimeters: the negociants of vintage variation

  When contrasts are drawn between the Niagara wine region and some others, “vintage variation” is a frequent theme.    This is considered a cool climate region, so typically we would expect Niagar...

Cluster's Last Stand

  In the acreage outside our winery, as the calendar page flips to November, only an isolated few rows still hold fruit, netted in anticipation of a winter freeze.  Elsewhere, it’s an empty-looking...

Why we are Honoured to Receive the Honours

Some of the nation’s most noted wine scholars are preparing (with regret no doubt) to depart Penticton British Columbia.  For two weeks, the spectacular Okanagan lakeside city was Canada’s symbolic...