Upstart Calamus Winery Earns Accolades for Meritage
Monday, March 5, 2007
Only six months out of the gate and Calamus Estate Winery has
garnered impressive reviews for its 2005 Meritage.
Michael Lowe - Pulse - Wine Pick of The Week - "A fine example
of Cool Climate viticulture"
Michael Vaughn - National Post - "of the red wines tasted
(pre-Cuvee tasting), Calamus seemed to provide good value"
Gordon Stimmell - Toronto Star - 90 Rtg - "a substantial
red"
Michael Pinkus - Ontario Wine Review - "could very well be
the coming of age wine for Calamus...a balls-to-the-falls red"
(winery is located at Ball's Fall's)
Lynn Ogryzlo - Niagara This Week - "super tannins and a long
finish, lay this one down"
The Meritage is 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Cab Franc and 6% Merlot
with a year in French and American Oak. It retails at $28 and is
available only through the winery.
On another front, the number of Ontario restaurants offering Calamus
wines has continued to rise with the total now near 30. The Epic at
the Royal York Hotel, the White Oaks Spa and the Pillar and Post in
Niagara-on-the -Lake are the latest establishments to add Calamus to
their wine lists.
