In a community that's as down home as apple pie, it's a surprise to drive down a gravel road and trip across a chic new winery with all the sophistication of a California vineyard. Meaford may be the apple capital of Ontario, but it's considered the "outer limits" of the Ontario Vintner Quality Alliance's designated wine regions. Yet, after successfully experimenting with some hardy varieties of grapes, Neil and Gwen Lamont opened Coffin Ridge winery here in early June.
I'm sure glad we'll soon have a new source of mid-central Ontarian Geisenheim and Frontenac!!
Link to the full story (Note: The video report is worth a watch - they name the grape varieties being grown on-site.)