2012 CCOVI Lecture Series

For those of you who are interested in the latest research on both professional wine making and viticultural, the 2012 CCOVI Lecture Series at Brock University starts January 18 and runs to mid-April.  The sessions start at 3 pm in room H313 of the Mackenzie Chown complex at Brock.  Admission is free.  

The lectures are also webcast live on www.brocku.ca/ccovi at the scheduled presentation time.  

The lecture series schedule and more info follow the pdf link or on our News and Events page

Ice-tini Recipe

Ice-tini Recipe


While we prefer icewine straight and unmixed as a dessert, we’ve seen many icewine dessert cocktail recipes. This one is still our customer’s all time favourites:

1 ½ oz Erie Shore Vineyard Vidal or Cabernet Icewine
1 ½ oz Vodka

Pour ingredients into an ice filled cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with cranberries for the Holidays.

Holiday Desserts-Glamorous and Easy

This continues to an all time favourite!



Chocolate Covered Strawberries

16 oz Milk Chocolate Chips
Or 16 oz Dark Chocolate
2 tbsp shortening (the original recipe called for paraffin)
1 pound fresh strawberries*

1. Insert toothpicks into the tops of the strawberries

2. In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and shortening, stirring occasionally until smooth. Holding them by the toothpicks, dip the strawberries into the chocolate mixture.

Turn the strawberries upside down and insert the toothpick into Styrofoam for the chocolate to cool. White chocolate may be drizzled over the chocolate for a fancier look.

/recipe modified from allrecipes.com

Serve along side 1-2oz of Erie Shore Vineyard’s Vidal or Cabernet Icewine

"Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures."--Michael Broadbent

 Great Holiday Entertaining...



Party Wines & Foods:
Peanuts, walnuts, pecans, almonds and other nuts all have an oily, salty taste and need a

wine with an acidic backbone such as our Riesling or Blanc de Blancs to balance their taste.
Spicy Asian and Thai foods need some sweetness to temper their heat.  Winter Harvest Cabernet, Summer Sun, Sellar Secret and Vidal all complement these.

Snacks such as oysters, shrimp and salmon are too briny for red wines and make the wine taste metallic. Try our Vidal,  Blanc de Blanc, Proprietor's White or Summer Sun Cabernet and Sellar Secret.

Wine-friendly cheeses:
• Brie• Cambozola
• Camembert
• Canadian Cheddar
• Chevre

• Cranberry Cinnamon Goat Log

• Duo Bleubry-Saint-Honore

• Fondue Cheese

• Friulano

• Oka

• Parmigiano-Reggiano

• Port Salut

• Roguefort

/ from Natalie MacLean & Costco Connection-2009

Erie Shore Vineyard Icewine Sale!

We are pleased to offer a Holiday Special:

2 for 1

for both our award winning 2008 VQA CABERNET ICEWINE with gift box

&

2006 VQA Vidal Icewine with Gift box &packaged

REGULAR $54.80,

ON SPECIAL FOR $29.95 tax included!!
not sold separately, limited time available as gift package only!

'Tis the Season for Mulled Wine

Erie Shore Vineyard’s Mulled Wine

Ingredients:
1 bottle of Erie Shore Vineyard’s Cabernet Franc or Zweigelt Red wine
Cinnamon sticks
Orange slices
Honey

Preparation:
Pour wine into saucepan and warm over medium heat until heated through, but not boiling!
Serve with Cinnamon Sticks and orange slices, add honey to individual taste.

ECFA Farm Hiker Tour-

Thanks to all who attended the ECFA FARM HIKER TOUR-Erie Shore Vineyard was proud to be one of the Host Farms. Over 1,000 learned about wine growing and winemaking with vineyard displays, seen & fed the horses, and played on the grass. The Pavilion had delicious local food available, prepared by Gourmet Chef Jeff Wright of ToYourKitchen, wine tasting, and wine by the glass were also available in the pavilion.

Did you test your identification skills?

Answers to our Id Variety quiz and other:

-Can you identify a grape variety?

1. Chardonnay

2. Riesling

3. Vidal

4 Zweigelt

5. Cabernet Franc

6. Chambourcin

7. Baco Noir



For a wine to use the VQA term on its label it:

A) Must be 100% made from grapes grown in one of Ontario’s four designated viticultural areas

B) Must be made from an approved list of Vitis Vinifera grape varieties &/or French Hybrid varieties.

C) Must be entirely fermented processed, blended, finished and bottled in Ontario

D) All of the above

E) None of the above

How many of Erie Shore Vineyard’s wines are estate grown?_All

Thank you for coming out and enjoy the great produce, products and hospitality of the County. Thank you to the ECFA (Essex County Federation of Agriculture)

Cabernet Franc