Week of May 16th
A very small post this week to celebrate, for us, a very huge award! The Gillis of Belleisle Winery has won its first ever award, a silver in the red hybrid category at the All Canadian Wine Championships.
All credit has to go to Leeko for producing this wine in his first year as winemaker, just imagine what is to come! We believe that this is the first grape wine to win in the province. Belliveau Orchards has often won for their excellent fruit wines.
A blend of Baco Noir and amarone-style Frontenac. Amarone means the grapes are left in bunches and placed in a climate controlled room for a few months. The resultant berry has a significant increase in natural sugar and through fermentation, alcohol.
We have about 120 cases on hand for this year but we are planning on increasing upon this for next year.
Craig Pinhey, New Brunswick's literary sommelier wrote a very nice write up about us and for the record, I AM SMILING!!!
Cheers,
Alan
Congrats Alan! I guess purple fingers are worth it.
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