Ravine Vineyards
The story- Ravine is a newcomer to the scene, but one of the most enterprising wineries we came across. They have a multi-angled assault on the Niagara market, with a fair amount of cash and success to back it up. Suresh from Spotlight Toronto told us he thinks Paul Harber, the chef and son of the owners, is Ontarios newest up and comer. Far from being just the son of some winery owners, Paul has worked all over. He worked for Michael Stadtlander north of Toronto, before being sent by Michael to Germany to work for local celebrity and chef Victor Klinz. He also spent time in New York at famed nuvo-italian restaurant A Voce. They fiercely battled it out with Mario Batali’s Babbo to be the best Italian in New York. Either way, Paul is not only a good chef, but also an ambitious chef, already running a deli and bakery with some friends from Stadtlander’s Eigensinn Farm, he has plans for a fine dining restaurant and is already working on an oyster bay. So, talented, ambitious, and luckily rich, he is rocking out some serious stuff and I’m going to have to keep an eye out for him.
The wines
Cab Sauv-
Ripe flavours, fun to drink and easy to polish off. I can imagine several bottles disappearing before anyone stopped to wonder why it’s so drinkable. It’s relatively light bodied for a Cab Sauv, but nevertheless keeps it’s flavours.
Cab Franc-
Gamey, nice flavours. Easy match with certain game or wild meats. Definite wild boar sausages. Nice smoke from the oakey undertones.
Chardonnay- Mineral aroma, hints of beeswax, honey, wood and some light berry tones.
Gewurtraminer- Sweet, but not offensively so. Not too much of the common characters of lychee or rose, not a wine I felt was impressive or bad, just a meh wine.
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