Vintages New Release Collection – October 11, 2025

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Cave Spring CSV Cave Spring Vineyard Estate Grown Riesling 2022

Flat Rock Good Kharma Chardonnay 2024

Featherstone Rosé 2024 The blend for this long-time customer favourite is a little different year to year, though it’s always made with red grapes – Cabernet Franc, Gamay and Pinot Noir in 2024. Rosé is a great choice for big meals and this one, with its lively colour, is both visually appealing and tasty. Louise Engel and her husband, David Johnson, founded Featherstone in 1999 following a successful career as proprietors of the Guelph Poultry Gourmet Market, so it’s no surprise that this rosé will be great with turkey. But it also has the reach to work brilliantly with something like salmon fillets topped with ginger-cranberry sauce, or a roasted-butternut-squash risotto.

If the old axiom “you are known by the company you keep” has any value to you, then you’ll want a bottle of the Good Kharma Chardonnay on your Thanksgiving table. Since 2013, a portion of sales of Good Kharma have gone to support Feed Ontario (formerly the Ontario Association of Food Banks). Sales of this wine have provided more than 200,000 meals to date. But this blend of parcels from the North and West blocks of Flat Rock Vineyard delivers much more than just good feelings; it’s a superb value for a benchmark expression of Niagara Chardonnay. Food-friendly and versatile, it’s great with turkey or glazed ham and especially delicious with cauliflower au gratin or vegetarian stuffed mushrooms.

Looking for a truly homegrown Riesling to enjoy with your Thanksgiving meal? Few wines come with the pedigree or the provenance of this dynamo from Cave Spring. They were among the very first to plant Riesling in Niagara, in 1978, and this wine delivers the complexity, character and depth that old vines promise, exhibiting a grace and elegance that will raise your meal from the merely superb to the deliciously celestial. This wine has the body and texture to take on a traditional turkey dinner without being over whelmed. The acidity will cut through any richer elements like the gravy, while the vibrant fruit will dance a tasty tango with cranberry sauce and veggies.

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