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| - We had a very large group tour the winery. The tour guide did a good job showing us around. Most of the tour consisted of random facts about the owner, but it did also go over the production and distribution of the product. If you want to see a large scale winery with large vats and loads of barrels, this is not the place to go. Instead, this is more like a microwinery. Currently they are producing around 10K bottles/year, so its really quite small. There are plans for expansion though so you may see Gallucci stocked at lcbo in the near future!
The property is very nice and only opened to the public a couple years ago. The store space is beautiful and modern. There is also a bistro on the property that serves food made with ingredients grown in their own green house. I will definitely need to return for that!!
As stressed during the tour, the grapes are still very young. This means that they have not unleashed their full potential yet. I believe the first vines were planted less than 10 years ago. I can't comment too much on the wines as I dont remember it too well but I can say that they were not bad at all...its not that I was drunk, its just that I have delayed writing this review. My favourite from the tasting, however, was the baco noir. All in all, we tasted two whites, two reds and an ice wine. Along with each wine, a fellow walked around and served us a cheese he recommended for pairing. I am convinced however that the cheese was from the local walmart.
Considering the fact that we were the largest group they have ever served, I was very happy. They did run out of wine a couple times when pouring though and this once resulted in some members of the group tasting a substition ice wine. Additionally, the pours were inconsistent. Some people kept getting large pours while others barely had a two sips. At ~$20pp (26 people) I would have expected them to bring out enough wine for all of us!
In the store, bottles are fairly priced in the range of $15-20 and ice wines are around $50 as usual. I was pleasantly surpised about the prices because I was expecting a premium due to the size of the winery.
3 stars because it was GOOD WINE, the employees are kind and this was a first for them in terms of size. Missing a couple stars because pours were tiny and cheese was not really that amazing. I will update this review in the near future when I get a chance to taste the food!
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