'Multi-generation Resilience' - Stouck Family Vineyard

If the Stouck Family Vineyard needed a theme, “multi-generational resilience” would be a strong candidate. Worked by the Stoucks for well more than a century, the land has adapted to the demands of...

Wood: The Last Post?

  Image Above: All trellsing has been removed to prepare for NEW trellising system.   Folks who’ve known us since Malivoire’s beginnings will recall a decision made by Martin when his first vineya...

You do the Honours

    The inspiration that led to Malivoire 'Honours' came not so long ago, as Ontario struggled against the recurring threat of Covid-19.  Conceived in the spring of 2022 as one surge of spread was...

Weather's the Driver, We're Just Along for the Ride...

    Early March is usually seen as an uneventful time in a vineyard’s year.  Winter’s fury is past, vines are still asleep, and most days’ work is basically the same… in a normal year, that is...

A walk through the winery...

It’s February; as we finish tidying from the double rush of a Holiday Season and Niagara Icewine Festival, the new year ahead begins to take shape. A walk through the winery finds Elisa in her lab,...

Earthlings Report - Biodiversity

   Written by Johanna Cornelissen This month we will explore the importance of supporting biodiversity at Malivoire and the practices we undertake to maximize diversity in our ecosystems. Biodivers...

Getting to Know Elisa

In the summer of 2023, having succeeded to Malivoire Wines’ top management role, Shiraz Mottiar faced an immediate decision that would be among the most important he’d ever have to make. Our erstwh...

A Christmas 'Story' From Martin Malivoire

  Have you seen “Crush: Message in a Bottle”?  It’s the Niagara wine region documentary by Maya Gallus, that premiered on TVO this fall.  If you haven’t, here’s why you should. I certainly fo...

Purchase with Purpose

Taking pause to look back at 25 years since our beginnings, we at Malivoire Wine are grateful for the opportunity you, our customers, continue to give us to do what we love to do.  Importantly too...

Earthlings Report - Packaging Innovation

Written by: Johanna Cornelissen This month we will explore the topic of packaging and how we, at Malivoire have innovated our packaging as our business requirements change. We will focus on three m...

2023: The Year that Was and the Vintage to Come

  Save for a few rows delayed by rain, vineyard picking is all but done.  To recap, August rainy days delayed the start of harvest, but a warm, sunny September made up for lost time.  Chardonnay a...

Earthlings Report - Waste Management

  Written By: Johanna Cornelissen As you can imagine, making wine requires many materials and resources - in the vineyards to grow healthy grapes, during the vinification process and finally packa...