Our next stop on the Discovery Pass tour was
Coyote's Run Estate Winery, which came highly recommended from our friend Kelly. The winery is a short drive north from the base of the escarpment, which puts it a few minutes out of the way from the easiest wine route to follow. The landscape is very much a farm, but a neat and tidy one, with a pre-fabricated shed providing retail space on the cottage looking side and production, out of sight, on the other barn like side.
Inside, the retail space is quite tight, but manages to sqeeze in a small tasting bar, adequate shelving to display the current offerings, and a table set up for the festival. The smell of yeast from the facility next door fills the air, which, at least for a winery, is quite charming. The property compensates for the lack of space indoors by providing two outdoor sitting areas, both with nice views of the vineyards and surrounding countryside.
We tried the 2011 Pinot Gris / Pinot Blanc paired with slow roasted pork with apple jelly, tomato chutney and rosemary. As you would expect, it is a mild wine. The nose is very hard to find, especially in a building that smells like yeast anyway, but eventually I could detect some minerality and a hint of melon. The flavour is very mild, clean and crisp. It has a slightly longer finish and better structure than the white we'd tasted earlier in the day. It accented the food nicely, but was slightly overpowered by it. (It would have been perfect if it was the Niagara Roasted Pork festival!) We didn't dislike the wine, and rated it an 83, but realistically for its $15.95 price tag, an Ontario sauvignon blanc would fit all the same purposes.
Our next stop on the Discovery Pass tour was Coyote's Run Estate Winery, which came highly recommended from our friend Kelly. The winery is a short drive north from the base of the escarpment, which puts it a few minutes out of the way from the easiest wine route to follow. The landscape is very much a farm, but a neat and tidy one, with a pre-fabricated shed providing retail space on the cottage looking side and production, out of sight, on the other barn like side.
Inside, the retail space is quite tight, but manages to sqeeze in a small tasting bar, adequate shelving to display the current offerings, and a table set up for the festival. The smell of yeast from the facility next door fills the air, which, at least for a winery, is quite charming. The property compensates for the lack of space indoors by providing two outdoor sitting areas, both with nice views of the vineyards and surrounding countryside.
We tried the 2011 Pinot Gris / Pinot Blanc paired with slow roasted pork with apple jelly, tomato chutney and rosemary. As you would expect, it is a mild wine. The nose is very hard to find, especially in a building that smells like yeast anyway, but eventually I could detect some minerality and a hint of melon. The flavour is very mild, clean and crisp. It has a slightly longer finish and better structure than the white we'd tasted earlier in the day. It accented the food nicely, but was slightly overpowered by it. (It would have been perfect if it was the Niagara Roasted Pork festival!) We didn't dislike the wine, and rated it an 83, but realistically for its $15.95 price tag, an Ontario sauvignon blanc would fit all the same purposes.
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