Niagara Peninsula VQA is a region in Ontario, in south eastern Canada. The region lies along the Niagara escarpment, between Lake Eyrie and Lake Ontario, the latter providing tempering winds.

White wines: Chardonnay, Riesling, Vidal.

Red wines: Gamay, Cabernet, Gamay. Merlot, Pinot Noir, Syrah.

Icewine: Icewine is the Niagara region’s flagship style, made from Riesling and Vidal.

Wineries

Certified Organic: Southbrook. | Tawse.

No certification: 13th Street. | Cave Spring. | Charles Baker. | Château des Charmes. | Colaneri. | Coyote’s Run. | Creekside. | Fielding. | Flat Rock. | Henry of Pelham. | Hidden Bench. | Hidden Spring. | Inniskillen. | Lailey. | Le Clos Jordanne. | Malivoire. | Pearl Morissette. | Ravine. | Reif. | Rosewood. | Stratus. | Thirty Bench. | Vineland Estates.

Bibliography

Oxford Companion to Wine 4th edition ed. Jancis Robinson MW and Julia Harding MW (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Oz Clarke, Oz Clarke Wine A-Z (Pavilion, 2015), p.191.