Wine regions of Ontario

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While many people would assume that Ontario is too cold to produce wine, in fact the wine regions of Ontario are at the same latitude as Bordeaux, northern Italy and Oregon, and its grape-growing season is comparable to those of other wine-growing regions, at about 110 days.

The province's 138 wineries (as of 2020) produce a wide range of cool climate wines, and the internationally-recognized ice wine. As a "cool climate region", at harvest time grapes are blessed with more concentrated flavours and balanced acidity, which makes them wonderfully food friendly.

UnderstandWine is produced in many regions of Ontario, but the three principal regions are:

RegionsThe wineries of the Niagara Peninsula are a 70- to 90-minute drive from Toronto, and several companies do wine-tasting tours by bus from Toronto. See the Toronto article.

BuyOntario wines are available at the wineries, in LCBO stores, in small chains of retail shops owned by the wineries, and in some grocery stores.

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