Wines: Niagara Ice Wines

[Bi!!]

On Jun 19, 10:58�am, "Richard Neidich" <rneid...@**************> wrote:
> And suggestions on places to visit..will be there next Tuesday/Wed.
>
> Heard Reif and Chateau Des Charmes are worthy to visit.
>
> Any others?

Although I haven't been there, I always liked Inniskillin.

[Zeppo]

"Richard Neidich" <rneidich@**************> wrote in message
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> And suggestions on places to visit..will be there next Tuesday/Wed.
>
> Heard Reif and Chateau Des Charmes are worthy to visit.
>
> Any others?
Hilldebrand Estate and Peller Estate were two of our favorites. The
Hildebrand Riesling Icewine was excellent and the Peller Cabernet Franc
Icewine was superb.

Stratus had some nice wines, though the winery was a bit 'industrial'.

If you need a dinner spot the Stone Road Grill was very nice. We had a
bottle of Charles Baker Chardonnay, a private label wine, that was the 'wine
of the trip'. Charles Baker was a wine buyer for Stratus winery, and
produced this wine with some friends that he sells by email subscription. He
does sell a small quantity to Stone Road Grill and we were lucky enough to
get one of the last bottles of the 2005 vintage.

Regards,
Jon

[Bi!!]

On Jul 1, 9:51�am, "Richard Neidich" <rneid...@**************> wrote:
> Ok, done with trip...these were the two gems we found:
>
> konzelmann ice wine
>
> Royal DiMaria
>
> While there were some very fancy wineries...too fancy for me...these two
> were not but the wines were incredible.
>
> To find these, I had to almost go into a diabetic coma as we tried about 16
> other wineries...tough.

I know it's a tough job but somebody has to do it. How much were
these two wines?

[Bi!!]

On Jul 2, 7:48�am, "Richard Neidich" <rneid...@**************> wrote:
> Konzelmanns was very reasonable....the vidal 2006 that cooincedentally was
> a Top 100 Spectator wine(they did not advertise either) �was only left in a
> 200ml and it was about $50 CAD. �They also had an interesting late harvest
> Riesling Traminer...I loved this one, very interesting in 375ml for about
> $30 CAD.
>
> The Royal Di Maria....lets say it was an economic stimulous. �I purhchased
> some 375's 1998, had a cognac type quality, most complex, for about $79.95
> and a Cabernet Fran, some Chinon and some Chardonney...they ranged from $129
> to $359 per 375 ML.
>
> The vingates were assorted on these 2004 mostly some 2005 and 2006.
>
> Both wineries were of my favorite wines. �There was some fancier
> wineries...but these wines were the ones I personally enjoyed more than the
> rest.
>
> "Bi!" <rvwr...@********> wrote in message
>
> news:62e4f86f-3a0d-4813-9ac7-cff72fc64311@j32g2000yqh.************.com...
> On Jul 1, 9:51?am, "Richard Neidich" <rneid...@**************> wrote:
>
> > Ok, done with trip...these were the two gems we found:
>
> > konzelmann ice wine
>
> > Royal DiMaria
>
> > While there were some very fancy wineries...too fancy for me...these two
> > were not but the wines were incredible.
>
> > To find these, I had to almost go into a diabetic coma as we tried about
> > 16
> > other wineries...tough.
>
> I know it's a tough job but somebody has to do it. �How much were
> these two wines?

Thanks for the info and input.