Customer Feedback

Regarding the 2007 Calamus Pinot Gris...

"Your wine was wonderful Derek! Lyle made an amazing paella to compliment it, and with seafood, it was fabulous! The two glasses I knocked back BEFORE the seafood were wonderful too...so solo it's perfect...or with dinner it's perfect!"

- Marie O'Neill

"Bill took a bottle of Calamus Red to the St. Vincent's Day Dinner and Cuvee and won the trophy for Best Store Bought Red. Several people asked where the winery was, so hopefully you will be busy."

- Lynda Jurgenson

"We just came back from Madrid where we took our bottle of Calamus Ice Wine to have on our little holiday. What a wonderful Canadian treat to have in Spain."

- Fiona Stewart

"The Calamus wine was absolutely excellent, both the cabernet sauvignon and the chardonnay. I thought the cab was much better than the Okanogan wine that I had mentioned we bought for $38. What a pleasant surprise. Full of fruit on the nose and good round finish. Now wonder you are starting to sell out."

- James and Theresa, Banff, Alberta

From Paul Fitzgerald, Calamus Customer

"Yesterday we had some friends over and we drank the bottle of Riesling that you gave me. Everyone liked it and one of my friends said, that if I was talking to you that I should congratulate you on the great bottle of wine. "

- Jim Reschke

"I tried all six of your (VQA) wines and its changed my attitude towards Ontario wines."

- Paul Fitzgerald

"Congrats on your wonderful start!!! Good reviews from Waters and Billy's Best! And I've had the ones they mentioned and I concur wholeheartedly! I've been to Crush and will certainly request Calamus on any return visits as well as recommend that my friends do so as well."

- Ted Rogers

"Much Pleasure meeting with you on Saturday and tasting some of your wines ... you have a great philosophy over there and am looking forward to the finished winery ... for now keep up the good work."

- Michael Pinkus
www.ontariowinereview.com

"...luck and continued success for the wine, fabulous quality and an even better price."

- Bill Brouwer

"...wanted to let you know that your wine was well received by all including one of your competitors."

- Dave Walters, Bruce Trail Assoc.

"I wanted to thank you for the wonderful time yesterday-your wines are fantastic. And of course your hospitality was the best!!! Everyone on both buses kept saying you were the highlight of our day."

- Debbie, Deb's Kitchen

"I went to Crush last week and ordered your wine. Jamieson wasn't there though because I would have made a point of saying how good the wine was!"

- Marie-Claude Desjardin

"Classic Reisling aromas of lemon-lime and peach/apricot wrapped around a core of mineral/petrol notes. Wonderful acidity you would expect from Reisling but what sets this wine apart is the rich fruit in the mid-palate to balance the acidity. Lingering finish. Can be enjoyed now but will also benefit from short-term cellaring. Perhaps the best white wine bargain in Ontario"

- Larry Cook, Sommelier

"Will be sure to look up your winery! I loved what I tasted at the reception."

- Joan Hastings-Dove, Coordinator, AngelFest

"What an amazing night! On behalf of Mainstream I'd like to thank you for helping to make the Cooking with Class series such a successful event. The addition of Calamus to this cast of community champions was truly appreciated. Your wines are outstanding"

- Kris Akilie, Communications and Community Development Co-ordinator Mainstream : An Unsheltered Workshop