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Niagara Peninsula wine region

Ripe red grape bunches on the vine at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

Canada · North America

Ontario's lake-cooled wine heartland and the world's best-known source of icewine.

Cool-climate wine country clustered around the Great Lakes in Ontario and the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, famous for icewine and increasingly for Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

CountryCanada

Key grapesRiesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Vidal Blanc

SubregionsNiagara Escarpment, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Short Hills Bench, Twenty Mile Bench, Beamsville Bench, Vinemount Ridge, Lincoln Lakeshore, Creek Shores, Four Mile Creek, Niagara Lakeshore, Niagara River, St. David's Bench

Notable producers in Niagara Peninsula

Inniskillin
Cave Spring
Tawse
Henry of Pelham
Hidden Bench
Stratus
Château des Charmes
Flat Rock Cellars
Pearl Morissette

Official appellations

Appellation	Status	Style	Grapes
Niagara Peninsula Ontario's main appellation, between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, with ten sub-appellations; famous for icewine as well as cool-climate Riesling and Chardonnay.	VQA	White, Red, Sweet, Sparkling	Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Vidal Blanc