VINELAND, Ont. — Tawse Winery has launched a new brand, Cuddy by Tawse, born from a longstanding partnership with Canadian music icon, Jim Cuddy. This collaborative effort between Cuddy and the award-winning winemaking team of Paul Pender and Rene Van Ede has given birth to two new VQA labels — a Chardonnay and Cabernet Merlot blend.
“After many years of drinking great wine, it’s my good fortune to work with Tawse and actually create some. I am very proud of the two new Cuddy Wine varietals we are presenting and hope that people enjoy tasting the wine as much as we enjoyed making it,” says Cuddy.
The grapes for both wines were sourced from select Niagara Peninsula vineyard sites. The Cuddy by Tawse Chardonnay is barrel-fermented and aged and displays notes of minerality accompanied by ripe apples and pears with allusions to citrus and toasty oak. The Cabernet Merlot blend is a food-friendly wine showing black fruit, plum, cocoa nib and a richness that hints at dark chocolate.
