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Dan Aykroyd Collects More
Gold with the 2006 Discovery Collection
The new Dan Aykroyd Wines set the bar highest when his 2005 Vidal
Signature Series Vidal Icewine won Wine of the Year and a
Gold Medal at the 2008 Ontario Wine Awards. Dan's
Icewine debuted to a select crowd in Moscow at the Canadian
Embassy. See the Passport Magazine article
of the launch of the Dan Aykroyd's wine in Russia
here.
Now with the release of the four wines in the 2006 Dan
Aykroyd Discovery Series, Dan repeats with Gold for the
2006 Sauvignon Blanc and Bronze with the 2006
Cabernet Shiraz Discovery Wines, chosen from among 1045 entries
in the the All Canadian Wine Championships.

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2007 Canadian Icewine
Harvest: “Excellent Quality, Average Quantity” -
Perfect!
“The 2007 Icewine will be
the one that everybody looks for”. Charlie Pillitteri at
Pillitteri Winery looks over the now empty vineyards
with a sense of satisfaction. The harvest started
on the night January 3 when the temperature plunged to
-11 degrees Celsius for the third night in a row,
crystallizing the body of the grape and bringing the
sweetness up to about 40 brix, well above the minimum
required to earn the title “Canadian Icewine”. <more>
Scenes from the Niagara Icewine Harvest |
Caviar: Next Time,
Think Icewine, instead of Champagne!
Six of the world’s top
sommeliers gathered in a post restaurant in Moscow last
spring, to come to a decision on the best wine to enjoy
with Caviar. The event is told at the restaurant’s
website and is a great one for Icewine and Caviar
lovers!
Vladimir
Bassov, Anton Panasenko, Pavel Shvets, Jan Skopkin, four
of Russia’s top sommeliers, were joined by sommeliers
Markus Del Monego
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Focus on Canadian Icewines
The Cuvée Collection
Imagine, 41 of Canada's
foremost winemakers get together to choose the very finest in wines.
That's Cuvée!
Cuvée is held every year
in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada in February. For more details, see the
Cuvée website
VinoCanada is proud to
represent Gold Medal winners from the last two years' Cuvée competitions in the
Icewine category. Here are the finest of the finest Vidal Icewines in the world,
as chosen by the crafters that built them.
  
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Reif Winery
Vidal Icewine
2008 Cuvée Award Winner
2007 Cuvée
Award Winner, Best Sweet Wine, GOLD 2006 Cuvée Gold Award
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Birchwood
Estate Wines
Vidal Icewine 2007 Cuvée Wine Awards
Gold Medal
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Birchwood Estate Wines Cabernet
Franc Icewine
2006 Cuvée
Gold Award
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EastDell
Winery Vidal Icewine 2006 Cuvée Wine Awards - Best
Dessert Wine & Gold Medal Winner,
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Pillitteri Estates Vidal Icewine
2006 Cuvée Wine Awards - Gold Medal
- Vineland Estates Winery
Vidal Icewine
2007 Cuvée Gold
Award
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