How much do you know about barrels? For example, did you know that in France, there are specific oak forests and each forest provides a different type of barrel, relative…
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Vanessa McKean, Vineyard Manager Tell us a little about your experience as a woman in winemaking… Well, I grew up on a Black Angus beef and Belgian horse farm in…
Have you heard about geotextiles? At Adamo Estate Winery, we started testing them in 2014 and last year we fully embraced the program! We are no longer burying the vines...
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Want to make sure your wines pair well with your pie this holiday season? We did the taste-testing for you! Here are our recommendations for the perfect holiday pie pairings:…
While most of us know which wines we favour, many of us are unsure about the actual process used to make red wine. Did you know that red wines looks…
Adamo Estate Winery is located in an emerging region, which means that we aren’t in typical wine-making country. Here are some of the unique challenges we face as a cool…
Do you know the stages our vines go through from spring to fall? There are 4 stages before fall harvest and winter dormancy, including: bud break, flower clustering, fruit set…
National Rosé Day just passed, so to commemorate that occasion, here are 5 facts about the popular pink wine that you may not know: Rosé does not come from a…
What’s the difference between these different types of wine-making methods? We’ll break it down for you quickly here: Pétillant-Natural (often called Pét-Nat): This is a natural wine finishing method whose...
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In winemaking, there is an option to incorporate a variety of additives for fining (to stabilize the wine and to remove any undesired odours or flavours). We use bentonite clay,...
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