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The County Pinot Trail
Winemakers call Pinot Noir “The Holy Grail” of table wines. The flavours are delicate and it’s challenging to maintain them throughout the winemaking process. But when it happens .. oh boy!
There are numerous tales of South African Baboons crawling through miles of premium wine grapes and leaving them untouched until they come to the Pinot Noir.
Here in the Northern Pinot Belt, we see the same preference among raccoons and birds.
Harwood Estates is in the North Pinot Belt (along with many other Canadian Wineries). For years, we have politely deferred to the age-old Pinot Noir makers from far away places.
But it’s time to dispell the myth that premium Pinot Noir can only be grown someplace else
That’s an easy ploy on the part of older growing regions, but it isn’t going to work anymore.
Some County Pinots already exceed the world standard and many more are growqing right now.
In the end, your own senses will tell you what is true for you. And that’s the only truth. You are your most authoritative wine expert. So, let’s get started with the PINOT SAFARI. All Pinot is not the same. And as you travel The Pinot Trail, you’ll discover that every Winemaker has their own special zing; their own personal signature. That’s one of the greatest pleasures of the wine experience.
To find all of the Wineries producing Pinot Noir in Prince Edward County, we went to the data on Recommended(dot)Tours and asked to see a list
Recommended(dot)Tours is updated twice a year and summarizes Ontario Wineries’ websites.
Here’s that list in alphabetical order with live links to the Wineries’ own websites. (Opens in new Tab or Window)
Black Prince Winery
https://www.blackprincewine.com/
Broken Stone Winery
https://www.brokenstonewinery.com/
Cape Vineyards
https://www.capevineyards.ca/
Casa-Dea Estates Winery
https://www.casadeaestates.com/
Closson Chase Vineyards
https://www.clossonchase.com/
Cold Creek Vineyards
https://coldcreekvineyards.ca/
Del-Gatto Estates
https://www.del-gattoestates.ca/
Exultet Estates
https://www.exultet.ca/
Grange of Prince Edward Winery
https://www.grangeofprinceedward.com/
Gravelhill Vineyards
https://www.gravelhillvineyards.ca/
Harwood Estate Vineyards
https://www.harwood.co/
Hillier Creek Estates
https://www.hilliercreekwinery.ca/
Hinterland Wine Company
https://www.hinterlandwine.com/
Hubbs Creek Vineyard
https://www.hubbscreekvineyard.ca/
Huff Estates Winery
https://www.huffestates.com/
Karlo Estates
https://www.karloestates.com/
Keint-He Winery & Vineyards
https://www.keint-he.ca/
Last House Vineyard
https://lasthousevineyard.ca/
Lighthall Vineyards
https://www.lighthallvineyards.com/
Morandin Wines
https://www.morandinwines.ca/
Norman Hardie
https://www.normanhardie.com/
Redtail Vineyards
https://www.redtailvineyards.com/
Rosehall Run Vineyards
https://www.rosehallrun.com/
Stanners Vineyard
https://www.stannersvineyard.ca/
Sugarbush Vineyards
https://www.sugarbushvineyards.ca/
Terra Estate Winery
https://www.terraestatewinery.com/
The Old Third
https://www.theoldthird.com/
Three Dog Winery
https://www.threedogwine.com/
Trail Estate Winery
https://trailestate.com/
Traynor Family Vineyard
https://www.traynorvineyard.com/
For info on all Ontario Wineries, Breweries, Cideries, Meaderies and Distilleries, take a peek at Recommended.Tours
