Charles Baker's rieslings are a hidden gem of the GTA wine scene.  Baker is a leader in the new generation of Niagara wine appellation believers that arrived at the turn of the millennium—defining grape expression in the Niagara Peninsula, row by row. He works in marketing at Stratus Vineyards but his true passion is riesling. His own private label specializes in high-quality, single-vineyard rieslings produced in collaboration with Stratus winemaker J.L. Groux. Baker, like T

Leaning Post was started in 2011 by husband and wife Ilya & Nadia Senchuk on 11 acres of land. What was then an abandoned winery has been rejuvenated into an award-winning winery in the Peninsula VQA. Their flagship chardonnay and a variety of small parcel pinot noirs are widely available across the province. A new shipment of the Winona for the 2022 cuvee variation, with what appears to be half the stock of the 600 cases produced, was purchased for LCBO retail stores. A perf