Holiday Open House

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
CELEBRATING 8 YEARS!

2002-2010


WHEN: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27 & SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28

TIME: 1-5 PM

WHERE: ERIE SHORE VINEYARD

COST: 4 CANS OF FOOD FOR DONATION TO LOCAL FOOD BANK (HARROW)

Meet our Special Guests Moira MacDonald Sanders &

Lori MacDonald Elstone

Authors of the popular Harrow Fair Cookbook.

Saturday, November 27th!

GIFT BASKETS ON DISPLAY AND FOR PURCHASE, HORS D’OEUVRES, WINE TASTING,

AND A BOOK SIGNING OF THE HARROW FAIR COOKBOOK BY BOTH AUTHORS!

ENTER TO WIN AN ERIE SHORE VINEYARD GIFT BASKET

& A GRAND PRIZE SWOVA BASKET FROM ALL 11 WINERIES!

Perfect pair: holiday feast, local wines

Reprinted from today's Windsor Star!

By Ted Whipp, The Windsor Star October 6, 2010 Just in time for hosts arranging the Thanksgiving holiday dinner, husband and wife vintners Harvey and Alma Hollingshead of Erie Shore Vineyard near Colchester, offer tips to sip appropriate wines.


With turkey, they recommend Riesling as a white wine and Zweigelt or Cabernet as a red.

With ham, choose Riesling as a white, Baco Noir as a red.

And with beef, look for a favourite Chardonnay as a white and Cabernet or Zweigelt for red.
The couple also recommends a good guest bring a wine for dessert, say Erie Shore's own 2008 Fire & Ice, a fortified Cabernet late harvest icewine blend.


Hosts can keep an extra Riesling or favourite white wine on hand, or a red Cabernet or Baco Noir. The winery is located at 410 County Road 50 W., west of Colchester. Phone 519-738-9858. Now operating on its fall scheduled, it is open weekdays from 1 to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.



Holiday hosts better get shopping. LCBO stores will close Monday for Thanksgiving. Agency stores, locally owned retail stores that sell alcohol in communities too small to support LCBO stores, may remain open for their regular hours.

Beer stores also will close for the holiday.

Read more: http://www.windsorstar.com/life/Perfect+pair+holiday+feast+local+wines/3629010/story.html#ixzz11aUeTSm0

The Unbelievable!

True-who would have thought that harvest-grape crush would coincide with the Shores of Erie....
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and what great quality..\
we apologize for the lack of focus on the retail store this week.  Harvest pllus the Shores.. makes for a  big week.

Saturday, September 11th, 2010 from 2 to 5pm

Saturday, September 11th, 2010: Toast to the Shores of Erie:

Food-Music -Wine

Erie Shore Vineyard from 2-5pm

Live Entertainment
Marty Lowman & Linda Girard

-Erie Shore Vineyard Pavilion. 

Cost: $10/p includes one glass of Erie Shore Vineyard wine & appetizer

Directions: http://www.erieshore.ca/directions.htm

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 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, or seasonal fruit & berries through the summer and fall.

Wine of the Month!!

We are thrilled to be the August 2010 Wine of the Month as chosen by Essex Wine Review!  Our Sellar Secret 2007 is the newest wine in our spotlight.

"Erie Shore vineyard is located in the heart of Essex County's cottage country and it is no surprise that local cottage residents have discoverd this wine to sip on while at their weekend home.  It is so popular that the vineyard can't keep it in stock.  On two recent visits to the winery I tried to buy more of this wine only to be told that it was temporarily sold out.

One sip and you will see why it is so popular.  It's tropical, refreshing and a perfect match for a hot summer day in August.  It's only available at the winery, so if you see it on the shelf, BUY IT before someone else does.  It won't last long."

We are pleased to once again have it on our shelves!!

Just Released- Fire & Ice

Just Released!--Fire & Ice--

Many of you were part of the taste sampling of this new product in February of this year. We are now pleased to officially release our newest vintage, a Fortified Cabernet Icewine/Premium Late Harvest blend.

2008 Erie Shore Vineyard Fire & Ice Cabernet/Fortified

Wine Notes: Cabernet Franc Icewine and Premium Late Harvest – Erie Shore Vineyard- Harrow, ON

Winemaker – Harvey Hollingshead

Vintage 2008 375 mL Retail $19.95

Aged in Stainless Steel. Sugar Code (11.5) Serve at 0-10 Degrees C (32-50F)

Alcohol: 21%

EXPLORE THE SHORE Discover Historic County Road 50

JULY 24TH  and JULY 25TH
11 AM - 5 PM
You are invited to join Erie Shore vineyard for a guided Vineyard Walking Tour starting at 11 am

See the Vineyard and grounds, enjoy the lake breeze and vineyard view from our pavilion and grounds while sipping a glass of wine, enjoying local food, music and the day.
Glass of wine and appetizer:  $10/person
July 24th:  Music by "Same Latitude as Rome"
July 25th:  Music by "Merrill Mills and Dan Thibideau"

July 25th appetizers prepared and presented by Chef Jeff of ToYourKitchen

Erie Shore Sunday's

Erie Shore Vineyard is pleased to announce

Erie Shore Sunday’s

Every Summer Sunday in our Pavilionduring July and August from

12-5 pm.

Enjoy talented local musicians

while enjoying the Erie Shore lake breezes,

Vineyard View and of course Wine by the Glass.

Time: 12-5pm      Music from 2-4pm

 The 2010 July Line-up

Sunday, July 11th – Marty Lowman and Karen Morand
Sunday, July 18th – Marty Lowman and Tara Watts
Saturday, July 24th- *Explore the Shore Weekend: “Same Latitude as Rome”
Sunday, July 25th- *Explore the Shore Weekend: Merrill Mills and Dan Thibideau



Also:  
Extended Friday Night Hours
*During July and August our Retail store will be open Friday’s until 8 pm.
Summer Hours:
Weekday’s: 1 -6 pm
Friday*: 1-8 pm
Saturday: 10 - 6pm
Sunday: Noon to 5 pm

An Evening at Erie Shore Vineyard

Saturday, May 29, 2010

in Support of a Digital Ultrasound System for ICU, Windsor Regional Hospital. 

5:00 - 9:00 pm

Dinner at 6:00 pm

Dinner by To Your Kitchen Gourmet Cuisine by Jeff Wright

Erie Shore Vineyard Pavilion

$25/person

BBQ Meal and 1 glass of Wine

Silent Auction

Entertainment by Victoriouss Productions DJ Service

Tickets available at Erie Shore Vineyard

Cary Bedard, ICU x52787 or

Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation Office x 52656

Our Next Event: Winemakers Spring Celebration Gala Dinner

This event commenced in 2009 and set a new standard!  Congratulations to the organizers!

This is Erie Shore Vineyard's first year with the Rotary's Winemakers' Gala.  Harvey will be speaking about the wine matched with one of the five gourmet courses that will be served.


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Wine of the Month!

February's Wine of the month for us was the 2007 VQA Blanc de Blancs (0), at $10.95/bottle, we have been selling this one by the case to customers. 

Our Red Wine of the Month was (0) was the 2008 VQA Baco Noir (0) at $16.95/bottle is also a great one!

Happy New Year -2010 Vintage Underway

This is the before picture of the 2010 vintage as we starting the New Year with a new vintage.
As hard as it is to believe we are starting to prune the vineyard this week. This is necessary as we prepare the vineyard to nurture the 2010 vintage through this growing season for crush this Fall.
We wish you a Happy New Year and a great one, this Olympic Year.