Gift Ideas for the Wine Lover in Your Life

Gift Ideas for the Wine Lover in Your Life

The snow has already landed in Prince Edward County, which means the holidays are just around the corner. Whatever you’re celebrating, we hope this...
Food & Wine: Chardonnay & Seafood Chowder

Food & Wine: Chardonnay & Seafood Chowder

With the weather getting colder it is safe to say soup season is upon us, and nothing warms us up better than a hearty soup with a glass of wine. S...
Chardonnay: the “winemaker’s grape” takes a swing at the winemaker

Chardonnay: the “winemaker’s grape” takes a swing at the winemaker

In my seventeen vintages as a winemaker, I have never had a fermentation behave like this one did.

Normally, what happens when you put a wine through a rigorous lees-stirring program is that you lose a lot of the fruit and the wine becomes more “bready”. I think because the wine finished fermentation after the lees stirring, it developed more fruit aromas. Our Traynor Family Vineyard Estate Chardonnay, while packed with biscuity, pastry notes and a round, rich, and soft mouthfeel, is still packed with fruit: it’s got plenty of ripe cantaloupe, honeydew melon, poached pear, and baked apples – not just a simple little chard!

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