Favorite smaller wineries in Ontario, CA? - The Athan Zafirov Wine Blog

Favorite smaller wineries in Ontario, CA?

Hello! I’ll be visiting the Ontario area in early July with some friends, staying in St Catherine’s. We are looking to visit some smaller more niche wine, cider, and Bev producers while in town. Lean towards minimal intervention wine production, local fruit fermentations, and co ferments as areas of interest but open to many other options. Any small producers we can’t miss, whether they have a space for tastings or even just for sale in local shops but don’t have their own production / tasting room? Any local soda producers utilizing fascinating flavor combinations?

Also open to your favorite hole in the wall food spots that also offer veg options but don’t need to exclusively be vegetarian or vegan.






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