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Calgary, AB - The coveted Winery of the Year Award at the Wine Access 2009 Canadian Wine Awards was a hotly contested prize.

Calgary, AB - The coveted Winery of the Year Award at the Wine Access 2009 Canadian Wine Awards was a hotly contested prize. Wine Access magazine will reveal the winning winery on November 2nd, but in the meantime, we want to share the top 10 names vying for the Winery of the Year award. It's a prestigious honour to make the Canadian Wine Awards' Top Ten List as laid out in the 2009 Performance Report. Wine Access magazine will reveal the entire Top 25 List of Canadian wineries along with complete Canadian Wine Awards results in its December/January issue due out on newsstands December 1st. Full results will also be available on December 1st at wineaccess.ca.

 

This year's 9th annual Wine Access Canadian Wine Awards, Canada's definitive snapshot of the domestic industry, was held in Toronto in late August. In all, 157 wineries entered 981 wines in the quest to be named the nation's best. Below we present the top 10 contenders for the Wine Access 2009 Canadian Wine Awards Winery of the Year title.

 

TOP TEN (Alphabetical):

Burrowing Owl Estate Winery, British Columbia

Fielding Estate Winery, Ontario

Hillebrand Winery, Ontario

Inniskillin Wines Ontario, Ontario

Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estates, British Columbia

Road 13 Vineyards, British Columbia

Sandhill Wines, British Columbia

Tawse Winery, Ontario

Thirty Bench Wine Makers, Ontario

Thornhaven Estates Winery, British Columbia

 

For more information, visit wineaccess.ca

 

Home to Canada's most celebrated and respected wine critics, led by editor-in-chief Anthony Gismondi, Wine Access magazine is the last word on wine in Canada. With more than 100 new reviews in each issue and wine and food tips aplenty, Wine Access embraces all levels of wine consumers equally and enthusiastically from the insanely passionate to the weekend tippler.

Written By: Edited and Posted by GOW Staff
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