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Niagara College Teaching Winery Wins Big at Nationals

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Niagara College's Teaching Winery has won five awards at the 2023 WineAlign National Wine Awards

Niagara College has a few more reasons to raise glasses. 

The college's Teaching Winery won five medals at the 2023 WineAlign National Wine Awards. 

"Winning five medals at one national competition is an outstanding testament to the high quality of applied learning at Niagara College," said Steve Gill, General Manager of the College’s Learning Enterprises. "Our wine students gain the skills they need to lead and succeed in the industry at our Teaching Winery. Congratulations to the amazing alumni winemakers, staff and students behind our latest award-winning wines!"

The winning wines include the following: 

2022 Dean’s List Riesling St. David’s Bench, Niagara Peninsula, which won gold in the Riesling category;
2018 Balance Riesling Brut, VQA Niagara Peninsula, which won gold in the Sparkling category;
2022 Dean's List Cabernet Rosé, VQA Four Mile Creek, which won silver in the Rosé category;
2020 Dean’s List Savant, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Peninsula , which won silver in the Icewine category; and
2020 Marmitons Gastronomy Pinot Noir, Niagara-on-the-Lake, which won bronze in the Pinot Noir category.

There were over 1,900 entries considered from more than 255 different wineries. 

The winners are available for purchase at the College's Wine + Visitor Centre at the Niagara-on-the-Lake campus, or online here

 

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