by Sandor Johnson | Jan 10, 2025 | Wine Stories, News
A local winery, Potter Settlement Wines in Tweed, won silver in January for their wine entries at the San Francisco International Wine Competition out of thousands of wine submissions from around the world. But one of the winners stands out: Maple Noir – a wine that...
by Sandor Johnson | Dec 11, 2024 | News, Wine Stories
Story by: Signe LangfordPhotography: Christopher Gentile Reprinted from Watershed Breaking the rules and surprising the critics, Potter Settlement Artisan Winery produces internationally multi-award-winning wines in tiny Tweed, Ontario. Ask any oenophile about...
by Sandor Johnson | Nov 12, 2024 | Wine Stories
You will find that Potter Settlement Winery is the ONLY winery on this continent, quite literally in North America that sells a dandelion wine commercially. Our dandelion wine…we’re not making it again.
No, we’ll never make this wine ever again. It was too much work....
by Sandor Johnson | Sep 26, 2024 | Wine Stories
An accidental discovery in an area barn of the 19th Century diaries of Henry Gauen, the founder of the Ivanhoe Cheese Factory, reveals a 170 year old secret to a local winery where Port wine was frozen and then maderized in “The Land of the Midnight Sun” during the...
by Sandor Johnson | Aug 24, 2024 | Wine Stories
Disclaimer: By reading this article you may find yourself sacrificing a tank of gas, a sunny afternoon, and perhaps even an hour or two of sobriety. If you shudder at the thought of fine wine, day trips “What are you going to make wine out of, maple syrup?” people...
