Vintages New Release Collection – September 26, 2026

LOCAL TALENT A CELLAR’S MARKET

The Canadian Wine Library (CWL) is a curated collection of 42,000 bottles of premium Canadian wines that demonstrate the potential and excellence that Canadian wines can oer when aged. The four wines featured here are among the 46 selected for inclusion in the CWL in 2026.

The goal of the CWL is to demon strate the potential and joy to be discovered through the cellaring of Canadian wines. The CWL evolved from the original Ontario Wine Library in 1998, oicially becoming the CWL in 2007. It has given wine makers and industry insiders the ability to follow the evolution of Canadian wines over time. Having a curated collection stored under ideal conditions at Brock University has already proven invaluable. The information gathered through

scheduled tastings, now dating back decades for many wines and sites, has generated feedback for producers, supplying them with specific infor mation about individual wines and vineyards as well as an overall understanding of our finest cool climate regions. Another significant focus of the CWL is the education of consumers to establish an understanding of, and a desire to experience, the complexities, evolving aromas, and intriguing flavours and textures that emerge as

wines mature. Most wines are enjoyed long before these secondary aromas, flavours and textures can develop. The CWL hopes to see more people buying wines to both enjoy and to cellar. It’s well understood that the wines of places such as Burgundy and Bordeaux oer vastly dierent experiences as they mature. With this ever-growing library of Canada’s finest wines, the CWL is demonstrating that our wines also intrigue as they change over time. Earning a place in the CWL is

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