Ontario chardonnay wins top prize over French wines!

Le Clos Jordanne’s2005 Claystone Terrace top prize at a tasting at the Montreal restaurant La Colombe. The Ontario wine was a ‘pirate wine’ in a tasting where the judges expected to only taste California and French wines.

Most of the judges thought the 2005 Claystone Terrace chardonnay was a french wine.

Read more at details at the Toronto Star

Having been a big fan of Ontario wine since moving to Toronto in 2003, I am not surprised that an Ontario wine won on a world stage. We have great wines and the wine makers are getting better and better each year. Try an Ontario wine this weekend…

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/630991

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2 Responses to Ontario chardonnay wins top prize over French wines!

  1. Ken Bereskin says:

    It’s very curious (and suspicious) to me that the entire line-up of wines tasted hasn’t been released. I’ve seen a couple of wines mentioned, but why the cloak of secrecy I wonder.

  2. sandy says:

    Ken, I am very curious as well. My guess is all the wines are listed in the magazine and with a story like this they will sell alot more copies. ;)

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