• Purchase the following two wines online from the winery for daily home, restaurant or office delivery or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit their Ottawa retail store in Minto Place at Laurier and Lyon or buy at their winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake -1025 York Rd, St. David’s Ontario L0S 1P0. Here’s a map.
• The following Non-Vintage Chateau des Charmes Sparkling Wine ‘Méthode Traditionelle’ was recently disgorged—after spending 18 months on its lees—guaranteeing you freshness and vitality. It’s a chardonnay/pinot noir blend with premium, estate-grown, hand-picked fruit and handled with loving care. In September/October 2018 it will be making its way to LCBO stores and kept in stock as a ‘Vintages Essentials’ product. For now and throughout the summer, see above.
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Chateau des Charmes Sparkling Wine ‘Méthode Traditionelle’ Non-Vintage
VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake $25.95 (224766) 12.5% alcohol
This provides terrific value; stock up. It offers a lively nose of baking brioche and lemon-lime aromas. A profusion of fine-bead bubbles make a substantial mousse when poured and continue in endless thin streams making their way to the top of your glass. Almost off-dry flavours of apple and pear on the palate are joined by a bracing line of lemon curd and Key lime persisting through the mouth-watering finish—clean, crisp and refreshing. (Vic Harradine)
• The following Non-Vintage Chateau des Charmes Sparkling Wine ‘Méthode Traditionelle’ was recently disgorged guaranteeing you freshness and vitality. It’s a chardonnay/pinot noir blend with premium, estate grown fruit hand-picked and handled with loving care. You can purchase it online from, or in person at, the winery, or their downtown Ottawa retail store in Minto Place at Laurier and Lyon.
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Chateau des Charmes Sparkling Wine ‘Méthode Traditionelle’ Non-Vintage
VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake $15.95 375 mL 12.5% alcohol
This is the perfect size to enjoy before lunch or dinner. It offers a lively nose of baking brioche and lemon-lime aromas. A profusion of fine-bead bubbles make a substantial mousse when poured and continue in endless thin streams making their way to the top of your glass. Ripe flavours of apple and pear on the palate are joined by a bracing line of lemon curd and Key lime persisting through the mouth-watering finish—clean, crisp and refreshing. (Vic Harradine)