Wine Region of Ontario

Living in the Burlington Hamilton area has some great perks. One of these is our proximity to the Niagara wine growing area. There are many great wineries in the Niagara region. One of these is Peller Estates.

Peller Estates vintages have been noticed by wine connoisseurs the world over. New York city, home to some of the world's finest dining establishments, has a number of wine lists that feature the wines of Peller Estates, including ‘per se', the new hotspot of Tomas Keller, known as "America's Best Chef". In Chicago at Charlie Trotters, in the UK at Gordon Ramsay and at Harrod's, and aboard the Cunard Oceanliners, oenophiles the world over are pairing Peller Estates wines with amazing meals, as they celebrate life's everyday occasions with friends and family.

Closer to home, the exquisite Peller Estates winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake hosts nearly half a million visitors each year who can enjoy a wide selection of wines crafted by winemaker Lawrence Buhler, as well as dine on the cuisine of renowned Chef Jason Parsons in a winery restaurant that has earned significant praise in its own right, rated "Extraordinary" by Zagat.

Many of the wines that Peller Estates exports around the globe are Icewine - a rare, winter treasure that Canada is uniquely able to produce every single year. No other climatic region on earth has the ability to warm the vines enough in summer to mature even the true sun-bathing grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon, and then chill the vines repeatedly to less than -10 degrees Celsius to produce Icewine, every winter. While Icewine has certainly earned Peller international esteem, most Canadians tend to raise a glass of table wine most often. And for those of us who love a big, fruity red as the weather chills, Peller has a new "something" to be proud of - an award never before won by a Canadian winery - Best Cabernet Sauvignon.