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Carl's Top Picks for You...
Your Four Bottle Fred Discovery Pack
$123 including tax & deposits
✔️ 2021 “Primrosé” Sparkling Rosé | $30 | 90+pts
✔️ 2022 “The Wild Side” White Blend | $30 | 91pts
✔️ 2020 “The Bright Side” Gamay | $25 | 90+pts
✔️ 2019 “The Dark Side” Red Blend | $38 | 92pts
How many 4-packs would you like?
1️⃣ Four Bottles | $123 including tax + $15 Shipping
3️⃣ Twelve Bottles | $369 including tax + FREE SHIPPING + 4 Free Glasses
Also Available:
✔️ 2020 Bolero Reserve | $45 | 94pts 🔥 Exclusive Pre-Release Access and Pricing! Pricing will be $65 per bottle upon release in Fall 2024, so this is an exceptional opportunity to reserve this wine with $20 per bottle less! Keep scrolling for the tasting notes!
Please Note: The pre-release 2020 Bolero will not ship until Fall 2024. Any other wines you order can ship the week of August 19.
These wines will appear on your doorstep August 21-30
Here's exactly why I rated these wines the way I did! 👇
2021 Fred Wines “Primrosé” Sparkling Rosé
Ontario, Niagara, VQA Vinemount Ridge
100% Gamay | Dry (RS 7.0 g/l) | 12.0% ABV
90+pts Carl’s Wine Club | 92pts Rick VanSickle
Flawless! Nothing disjointed here in this Charmat Method Gamay – this is as easy drinking as it gets! Maraschino cherry, ripe strawberry, plus floral and subtle earthy tones on the nose. The bubbles are very beautiful with a medium body, light on its feet and approachable. Flavours of raspberry, crabapple, frozen blueberry and a hint of sage. Light sweetness like strawberry sorbet – and not candy sweetness - at the finish brings a nice flow to the flavour sequence. This is a refreshing and complete sparking with great versatility, from a summer day favourite all the way to the dinner table. 150 cases made. (Carl Boucher, September 20, 2023).
Food pairing: seafood pasta, crispy calamari
Drink now until 2025
Winery price: $30.00 including tax & deposit
2022 Fred Wines “The Wild Side” White Blend
Ontario, Niagara, VQA Niagara Peninsula
86% Riesling, 7% Sauvignon Blanc, 7% Viognier | Off-Dry (RS 27.49 g/l) | 11.1% ABV
91pts Carl’s Wine Club
This is a very special wine made mostly with botrytis-affected Riesling. The botrytis brings soooo much richness and complexity to the wine alongside tremendous texture. The nose brings fresh aromas of yellow apple, Meyer lemon, tangerine, honey and wildflowers. On the palate, this delicious wine is fully layered, delivering a first wave of flavours including freshly squeezed peach, followed by a tropical delivery of cantaloupe. After the mid palate you get more of citrus feel like tangerine, blood orange and a hint of ginger on the finish. A light sensation of stony minerality at the very end adds to the length and complexity. A tiny production for a unique wine! Well done Fred! 107 cases made. (Carl Boucher, August 5, 2024).
Food pairing: sushi, spicy salmon tartar
Drink now until 2028
Winery price: $30.00 including tax & deposit
2020 Fred Wines “The Bright Side” Gamay
Ontario, Niagara, VQA Niagara Peninsula
100% Gamay | Dry (RS 2.0 g/l) | 13.0% ABV
90+pts Carl’s Wine Club | 90pts Rick VanSickle
This is crunchy and bright, just like the name of the wine 😊 and sooo very flavorful and delicious! This pure but full body expression of the varietal starts with a lovely, forward floral-scented aspect, and progresses to a meaty/smoky side, cedar wood and loads of red fruit aromas. The wine has spent 8 months in 225L French oak barrels delivering fresh acidity and firm tannins, balanced by a supple and ripe character with enough extracts to linger on the palate. Flavours of red cherry, strawberry, blueberry jam, red pepper, milk chocolate and red licorice. The long and pulsing finish offers spices like Christmas cake, and freshly cracked white pepper. Soo well priced for the immense amount of pleasure this wine offers. 222 cases made. (Carl Boucher, August 5, 2024).
Food pairing: grilled lamb chops, teriyaki pork tenderloin
Drink now until 2027
Winery price: $25.00 including tax & deposit
2019 Fred Wines “The Dark Side” Red Blend
Ontario, Niagara, VQA Niagara Peninsula
45% Cabernet Franc, 24% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 13% Malbec | Dry (RS 2.0 g/l) | 13.5% ABV
92pts Carl’s Wine Club | 91pts Rick VanSickle
Dark and linear, vibrant and full of energy, this red Bordeaux blend is a fantastic snapshot of the colder 2019 vintage. The aging potential of this wine will surprise a lot of people. The nose offers glorious aromas of cassis, black cherry and plum fruit, as well as extra savoury notes, licorice and cocoa. The palate displays an unctuous mouthfeel, great acidity level, with tannins that build up from the mid-palate through to the end. Plus, a complex array of dark berries, black forest cake, cedar, pencil, tobacco, wood smoke, and chocolate. The finish offers loads of oak spices and white pepper, while the complexity and the harmony of this wine showcases Fred’s winemaking skills at their best. 298 cases made. (Carl Boucher, August 5, 2024).
Food pairing: grilled beef tenderloin, roasted lamb shoulder
Drink now until 2029
Winery price: $38.00 including tax & deposit
2020 Fred Wines “Bolero” Reserve 🔥 Exclusive Pre-Release!
Ontario, Niagara, VQA Niagara Peninsula
34% Syrah, 25% Cab Franc, 25% Merlot, 16% Malbec | Dry | 14.0% ABV
94pts Carl’s Wine Club
Stunning - absolutely stunning! This wine is the 2020 vintage in a nutshell and it displays no weakness. The aromas are expressive and sooo appealing with blackberries, blue fruit, violets and blackcurrants. Bolero is full-bodied, opulent and rich, with creamy tannins and a long, flavorful finish. The Syrah brings classic blue fruit like blueberry and blue plum but also a meaty component on the mid-palate. The generous proportion of Malbec brings freshness and a floral component (violet and crunchy raspberry). The Merlot adds cassis and blackcurrant, while the Cab Franc highlights black forest cake and spices. That’s all to say: this wine is layered and blended to perfection. The never-ending finish also brings a sense of success and satisfaction. A wine that truly wows, made by one of my very favourite winemakers in Canada. 200 cases made. (Carl Boucher, August 5, 2024).
Food pairing: slow roasted beef brisket, BBQ baby back ribs
Drink now until 2032
Pre-Release Price: $45.00 including tax & deposit 🔥 save $20 per bottle!
Regular Release Price: $65.00 | Release Date: Fall 2024
The Story & People
Join us to discover Fred Wines, based in Niagara, Ontario!
Fred DiProfio has been one of our favourite winemakers for years. He's the winemaker behind Bella Terra Vineyards, who was voted Member's Choice Winery of the Year in 2022 and has made some of the top wines we've tasted in Canada.
Now, Fred and his wife and business partner Margarita, have built their own personal brand of small batch Niagara wine.
These wines speak to Fred's personality, extensive knowledge of the terroir, and his winemaking talent, especially when it comes to blending.
The result? Fantastic wines ready for your next get together, at a great value.
I'm also thrilled to be the first in Canada to bring you Fred's new '2020 Bolero' red blend. An absolute masterpiece at 94 points!
Cheers,
Born in Ontario, Fred DiProfio has been studying and working in the Niagara wine region since 1999.
Inspired by the hands-on approach of winemaking and with a genetic predisposition to wine and Italian cuisine, Fred's daily work with grapes is always rewarding.
While expressing his creativity, he strives to promote and continuously improve grape growing and wine production through persistence, diligence, and knowledge.
With each passing harvest, Fred draws inspiration from the grapevines, working from gut instinct and a connection to the diversity of the Niagara Peninsula.
He is consistently pursuing excellence within the industry.
“Professionally, I’m not unique. As a human, I'm not more unique than anyone else.” - Fred DiProfio