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on the Lake Wineries
Find Top Ten wineries in Niagara Region; Inniskillin, Jackson-Trigs, Peller, and about their world-class wines.
Visiting Niagara on the Lake Wineries
Majority of Niagara on the Lake wineries are clustered in two areas: one below the Niagara Escarpment and the other group surrounds NOTL town.
Many of these Niagara vineyards, you can see while traveling along beautiful Niagara Parkway. On one side is Niagara River and the Gorge and on the other, thousands of acres under vine and orchards, and many fruit stands and remarkable mansions.
What's the best part is that you can leisurely visit wineries, their charming wine boutiques and try their award winning wines. Niagara on the Lake wineries were the first one to attract visitors, and now majority of them are offering wine tours, restaurants, accommodation, a great alternative to overcrowded Niagara Falls.
Many tours are also available where you can see Niagara vineyards, like "Crush on Niagara", Niagara on the Lake Trolley Wine tours, Niagara World Wine Tours.
Niagara on the Lake wineries are easily accessible by car or by bicycle as they are clustered in close proximity of each other. The joy comes when you are taking tour through the delightful vineyards, bountiful orchards and colorful countryside.
There are over 20 wineries in Niagara on the Lake region, and every single one has a unique personality offering you a distinctive memorable experience.
Our Selection of Ten Best Wineries in Niagara on the Lake
For your best experience we have selected top ten wineries:
Frogpond Farm is a small Niagara on the Lake winery that produces certified organic wine, using only handpicked, premium grapes. The winery is using the natural pest control and 100 per cent green electricity.
Hillebrand Estates Winery is one of the larger and among top wineries in Niagara on the Lake and Ontario. Tours and seminars give you an opportunity where you can learn more about winemaking processes and see their vineyard and the impressive winery. An amazing dining experience is guaranteed at the Hillebrand Winery Restaurant that showcases the natural beauty of its vineyard and is great spot during summer events.
Inniskillin Winery features a free self-guided tour with a 20 station and marked tour path for your better experience. Next to the winery building, you can see where Vidal grape grows, the one that used to make their award-winning Ice wine.
Jackson-Triggs Winery is housed in a large state-of-the-art building, contemporary in design, that features an outdoor amphitheater with rows of curved stone seating, and during the season it hosts Canadian music and theatrical plays.
Peller Estate is one of the newest Niagara on the Lake wineries, within walking distance form NOTL. The winery as the premier county destination, offers special attractions like the rare vintage library, restaurant that overlooks vineyards and underground barrel cellar.
Pillitery Estate Winery is the world's largest estate producer of Icewine, whose wine quality is recognized with over 400 prestige award medals. The winery also sells fruits, vegetables, flowers, home-made bread and pies.
Reif Estate Winery is 125 acre estate winery that is over 25 years in winemaking business. Thanks to the rich soil, Reif Winery is producing only premium grape varieties and with the innovative wine making techniques, world class wine.
Joseph's Estate winery is housed in an attractive stone building, and they are producing specialty and fruit wines.
Chateau des Charmes is an agri-tourism landmark for over 30 years, producing high quality grapes on the four vineyard sites, totaling 270 acres. In the state-of-the-art winery, they make the world-class wines and some of Canada's finest wines.
Stratus winery, because of its attention to sustainable production, is unique not only among Niagara on the Lake wineries but throughout Canada. The winery became the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental design building in Canada that features geothermal heating and cooling technology and a system for composting organic waste.
Other wineries in Niagara on the Lake are also impressive, and they are definitely worth of your attention. It all depends how much time you have when visiting Niagara County, and what attraction you want to see.
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