Emerging Ont. Wine Region

There’s a new wine region immerging in Ontario, presently known as “Ontario’s South Coast”. This region sits south of Lake Ontario, running west along the north shore of Lake Erie, between Stoney Creek and Port Stanley, almost seeming like an eastern extension of the Lake Erie North Shore wine region. Currently, there are about 7 wineries here, with another 4 opening soon. The region, known as Norfolk County was once the heart of tobacco growing in Ontario. Today, tobacco farms are being changed over to vineyards and wineries with some of the tobacco kilns being used to dry wine grapes. It’s an interesting area that could very well become the next official DVA (Designated Viticultural Area).