Sponsors and Links

We would like to thank all of our fantastic sponsors for all their contributions! Please find below a list of our sponsors

Diamond Level Sponsorship

>$500

Sapphire Level Sponsorship

$300-$500

Ruby Level Sponsorship

$200-$300

Emerald Level Sponsorship

$100-$200

Topaz Level Sponsorship

<$100

Links

Supporting Websites:

Our Suppliers:

Vineridge Vineyard and Wine Supply

Wine Kitz

Scott Laboratories

Vines to Vintages

Ontario Wine Clubs

Note: If you’re club is listed below and you would like to update your club contact information, contact Mat Vaughan.

Ottawa

Bytown Vintners	Ottawa
Contact: Winston Spratt	winnyathome@sympatico.ca
Capital Amateur Winemakers	Ottawa
Contact: David Kroetsch	dsjrk@magma.ca

Ontario East

Amateur Winemakers of Kingston	Kingston
Contact: Don / Deb Baergen	baergen@kingston.net
Growwine	Peterborough
Contact: Larry Paterson	littlefatwino@trytel.net
Kawartha Krushers	Peterborough
Contact: Jim Lloyd	jiml5@nexicom.net
Prince Edward County Wine Circle	The Island
Contact: Rick Caruso	rcaruso@personainternet.com

Toronto East

Pickering Wine Guild	Pickering
Contact: Dave Gillingham	davegillingham@look.ca
Scarborough Wine Guild	Scarborough
Contact: Pat Ison	patison@sympatico.ca
Central Toronto Wine Guild	Toronto
Contact: Peter Bennell	peter.bennell@sympatico.ca

Toronto West

Cellar Dwellers Wine Club	Etobicoke/Mississauga
Contact: David Burns	david@metagraphicnetwork.com
Humber Valley Vintners & Brewers	Mississauga/Toronto
Press Agents Winemakers Club	Mississauga/Etobicoke
Contact: John Surmachynski	surjohna@sympatico.ca
Lakeview Wine club	Toronto
West Toronto	Toronto
Contact: Tom Ostler	t.ostler@sympatico.ca
Wine Express	Toronto

Toronto North

Aurora Wine Circle	Aurora
Brampton Winemakers	Brampton
Contact: Klaus Asmus	julieandklaus@rogers.com
Georgetown Vintners	Georgetown
GreyT Fermenters	Grey County
Contact: Ted Loughead	tloughead@opseu.org
Woodbridge Wine Club	Woodbridge
Contact: Claudio Viola, President	claudioviola@rogers.com

Hamilton/Halton

Burlington Wine Guild	Burlington
Contact: Nik Braccio	nik@homecad.ca
Hamilton Wine Circle	Hamilton
The Other Hamilton Wine Circle	Hamilton
Contact: Bob Gibbon	bgibbon@mountaincable.net
Wentworth West Zymologists	Hamilton

Niagara

Niagara Wine Guild	NOTL
NOTL Amateur Vintners	NOTL
Niagara Vine to Wine Circle	Beamsville
Contact: Dan Stevenson	kdsteven@mergetel.com
Peninsula Vintners	Niagara Area

Ontario Mid-West

The Cambridge Club	Cambridge
Contact:Peter Ferguson	liverpoolpete@hotmail.com
The Corkscrew Society	Kitchener/Waterloo
Contact: Carole Frankow	gcfrankow@rogers.com
K-W Winemakers Guild	Kitchener/Waterloo
Contact: Don Panagapka	donpana@rogers.com
South Coast Winemakers Guild	Simcoe
Contact: Herb Taylor	taylorhe@sympatico.ca
Paris Winemakers	Paris/Brantford
Esson Estates Winery Co-op	Kitchener/Waterloo
Contact: Mat Vaughan	matvaughan@hotmail.com

Ontario West

London Wine Pros	London
Contact: Terry Rayner	terry.rayner@sympatico.ca
Cellarmasters	London
Contact: Leighton Coatsworth	leighton.coatsworth@uwo.ca
The Happy Winers	London
Contact: Claire Boulley	cmb@forestcitycastings.com
St. Thomas Grapebusters Wine Club	St. Thomas
Contact: Bill Thornton	wtho7836@rogers.com

Other Important Wine Links:

Amateur Wine Makers of Canada

Amateur Wine Makers of Ontario

Little Fat Wino

Virginia Tech Enology

Excellent technical information here as well as the sign up for “Enology Notes”, a free electronic newsjournal that covers practical grape and wine technology issues.

Cornell University Flavour Database

Want to make up your own wine sensory aroma samples? This site from CornellUniversity lists about 100 different recipes.

Lallemand’s Cellar

Excellent technical information on yeast and bacteria as well as product listings from Lallemand, a Canadian yeast company

Scott Labs

Another excellent site with information on yeast and other winemaking products.

Strat’s Place

Information on everything you can imagine about wine, including an excellent database of winegrapes.

Sulphite Calculator
An excellent tool. This downloadable calculator will make sulphite additions foolproof. It can calculate based on total free SO2 or molecular levels.

Winecalc
Another excellent downloadable tool. This one makes most common winemaking calculations foolproof:

Calculate the amount of sugar that needs to be added to archieve a particular target SG or alcohol content in the finished wine.
Calculates the SG or alcohol content that is abtained by adding a particular amount of sugar to the must.
Calculates acidity adjustments
Calculates the proportions, in which to blend two wines.
Convert various measurements between the Metric, US and Imperial systems.