Reimer Vineyards Winery

Reimer Vineyards Winery
1289 Line 3
Niagara On The Lake
Canada L0S 1J0
Phone: 905-468-9417
http://www.reimervineyards.com

Email: [email protected]

More than twenty-five years ago BC (before children), we purchased our farm. It had table variety grapes planted and we continued to tend those and sell the grapes to the fresh market for those first few years. Twenty-three years ago, in 1987 to be exact, we started planting Chardonnay and Johannesburg Riesling vines, lovingly planting one at a time....the field seemed terribly big and empty in those days. Over the years, more varieties were planted: Pinot Noir the following year in 1988, Gewurztraminer in 1992; Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc in 1997; another block of Chardonnay in 1998, a second block of Gewurztraminer in 2002, with Chambourcin being the most recently planted in 2006. Over those years we also dabbled in other varieties like Shiraz and some seedless table grapes, but a few bad winters took away any wish to grow those in larger blocks.

After every harvest, there were grapes still on the vine that hadn’t been picked because they hadn’t ripened as early as the rest....seemed such a waste to leave them.... so began Art’s winemaking interest right from the start. When he got pretty good, he joined a local amateur winemaking group called the Niagara Wine Guild. He began to win some awards for his wines in Ontario amateur competition.

Winemaker: Art Reimer

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