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The Foreign Affair Winery

Canada - Niagara Peninsula

Founders of Foreign Affair Winery, Len and Marisa Crispino, were living as expats in Italy back in the 90's, when they discovered the wonders of Amarone, or 'Appassimento' wines. The more they learned about this technique and grew to love these wines, the more excited they became at the prospect of bringing this incredible craftsmanship back with them to Ontario.

In 2000, taking a leap of faith, Len and Marisa bought 40 acres of prime farmland in the Vinemount Ridge sub-appellation of Niagara's Twenty Valley wine region, starting their journey to becoming trailblazers of Appassimento winemaking in Canada. They sourced quality vinifera varietals from Europe, and after three years of carefully nurturing vines, 2004 became the inaugural vintage of Foreign Affair wines.

While the first vintages had many challenges with this approach, the big, bold red wines they produced as a result spoke for themselves, and so Len and Marisa persisted.

Today, The Foreign Affair Winery offers a unique and diverse selection of award-winning wines, all touched by the Appassimento process in some way, and many stories to share about the journey. They are recognized as the first Canadian winery to craft wines exclusively applying the Italian appassimento technique for winemaking, which produces denser and more concentrated wines.

WINE LIST

RED

Petit Verdot (Small-Lot)
Syrah (Small-Lot)
Cabernet Franc (Small-Lot)
Whiskey Barrel Cabernet Sauvignon (Small-Lot)
Dream (partical appassmento)
Temptress (partical appassmento)
Cabernet Franc (100% appassmento)
Gran Q (100% appassmento)

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