This year marks the 20th Anniversary of Cuvee.  For those not familiar with Cuvee I can sum it up in one quick little sentence:  it's the Oscars of the Ontario wine industry.  That’s right, Cuvee is all about peer approval and recognition.  A bunch of winemakers head into a room, a lot of wine is poured and they choose the best in a variety of categories - sure I've just oversimplified it, but when you boil it down that's what happens.  Of course, there's more to Cuvee than just the awards; there's the Gala – where each entering winery gets to bring their wines (usually their best or newest) to showcase to those lucky enough to be in attendance.  There's also a great little passport program called Cuvee-en-Route, participating wineries fling open cellar doors and bring out long forgotten or past winning wines - this is the weekend that your past favorites may just be on sale for the last time.  So really Cuvee is all about the wine.  Details of these programs (Gala and En-Route) can be found at www.cuvee.ca.   

At the media tasting we got to sample the top scoring wines from 58 wineries ... not all of these wines are winners, but they were the top rated wines by the judging panel for each individual winery.  (Read more)

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