Honouring our Heritage

Honouring our Heritage - Ontario's Cinderella Varieties        It is time hybrid winegrape varieties were given their due.  Working in the shadows of their glamourous vinifera cousins, these variet...

2023 National Wine Awards

The Results are in for the 2023 National Wine Awards... Thank you to WineAlign and all the hard-working volunteers who coordinated this year's National Wine Awards. With 255 Canadian winerie...

Wine and Wood: How We Do It

      It seems no part of this winery elicits more curiosity than our barrel cellar.  With all the different shapes, sizes and groupings of the vessels inside, it’s the motherland of visitor F-A-Qs...

A Promising Start to the Season of 2023

    The signs are still invisible to the casual observer, but to Steve Kornic, whose hands and eyes are daily on our vines, they’re unmistakable.  The swelling of stubby buds and the sap trickling...

Our Earth Day is Every Day!

Sustainability ranks huge in the Malivoire how-to manual.  More than a policy, it’s a pillar of our “Three P” (Planet, People, Prosperity) principles, on which this winery was founded.   Sustainab...

Our Winemaker's Eye on the Sky

Among the most Frequent of our F-A-Qs these days is what this winter's climate means to the farm.  For sure, our vines have been witness to all types of weather, from frigid and blustery to breezy ...

Direct from our Proprietor's Festive Quill

  As COVID first reared its head, I, like most people I know, retreated out of harm’s way. This meant self-isolating and minimizing contact with places and people outside my home. As a frequent fl...

Our Gamay Journey

  In the harvest of 2022, Malivoire’s Courtney Block quietly passed a milestone.  Twenty years ago, this vineyard produced its first yield for a then-experimental wine we now call Courtney Gamay (...

Harvest 2022 - Coming to a bottle near you!

Another harvest is winding down.  As October turns to November, roughly 98% of our grapes have come off the vine and only the fruit for those sturdy Stouck reds remains to be picked.  Soon, we’ll ...

Celebrate Earth Day!

Earth Day April 22nd As we continue our quest to preserve and protect our planet, we asked to hear from you.  What are you doing in your lifestyle to make your world a better, greener and more hum...

Welcome Back to our Vineyard Crew!

  This week marks the return of our vineyard crew, who all hail from Jamaica. Barry, Mahlon and Adam have been part of the Malivoire team since 2002, while Michael joined us in 2008 and Vivian, ...

International Women's Day 2022

International Women's Day #BreaktheBias Tuesday March 8th marks International Women’s Day – a day to amplify and reinforce our commitment to creating a world where difference is valued and celebrat...