Crushing It, Niagara Style

You will hear 2 other voices on this week’s podcast and those will be of Graham Rennie and Matt Loney. Graham is the found of The Niagara Custom Crush Studio in Vineland, Ontario and Matt Loney is the General Manager. They are innovative and pushing the envelope for a new style of custom crush facility. They are just getting started now but they are on track to become a focal point in Niagara’s wine industry, acting as an incubator for new brands to get established and as a home base for their own brands. Graham’s flagship is Rennie Estate Winery, which produces some of the most amazing red wines ever to come out of Ontario, in my opinion. That’s why I featured one in my first volume of the Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines. I sat down with Graham and Matt to taste through some of their portfolio and what you will hear now is the discussion that happened at that tasting.

If you have not heard of appassimento styles of wines, you should really check this out because Ontario is really making some beautiful wines using these techniques.

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Author: Luke W

Luke Whittall has worked in cellars, vineyards, and wine shops since 2005. He has authored or co-authored 4 books on wine and works in wine club management and marketing in the Okanagan Valley. His most recent series of books, The Sipster’s Pocket Guide (Touchwood Editions) are a new direction in wine writing and features some of the most amazing wines ever produced in British Columbia and Ontario. Other books include "Valleys of Wine: A Taste of British Columbia’s Wine History" and he co-authored the 6th edition of "The Okanagan Wine Tour Guide" with John Schreiner in 2020.