Vintages New Release Collection – August 15, 2026

LOCAL TALENT PERFECT POURS FOR BURGER NIGHT It’s peak grilling season, so get your local flavour on with these patio-perfect red and rosé wines from Niagara. We paired each one with a burger recipe from our summer issue of Food & Drink to get you started.

Niagara’s outstanding 2020 vintage produced fruit of remarkable quality and ripeness. Creekside took full advantage of the vintage in crafting their Red Tractor from a blend of 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 46% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc all sourced from sunny Niagara-on the-Lake vineyards. Each variety was vinified separately in stainless steel before blending, after which the final blend aged for 16 months in oak barrels. Still beautifully balanced and full of lively fruit six years on, the wine showcases rich blackberry and black raspberry along with

complex layers of forest floor, leather, chocolate and spice. Wending Home built their 2021 Wending South from an eclectic blend of 38% Cabernet Franc, 32.4% Dornfelder, 24% Gamay and 5.6% Lemberger (a.k.a. Blaufränkisch). The Cab Franc contributes body, structure and rich red fruit; Dornfelder brings softness and dense, dark fruit; Gamay lends sleekness and spice; and the splash of Lemberger adds brightness, fine tannins and earthy notes. In the glass, the finished wine is sleek and spicy with notes of red

cherry, raspberry, campfire smoke, forest floor and green peppercorns. Featherstone ’s 2023 Gemstone is light on its feet yet full of flavour. A blend of 57% Cabernet Franc and 43% Merlot, it was vinified in stainless steel with full malolactic conversion before spending a two-month stint in oak barrels. All of this led to the wine’s satiny texture and vibrant fruit character. Fine and delicately framed, it serves up plum, brambly raspberry, dark cherry and lovely savoury herbal notes, along with a kiss of oak spice.

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