#5 - Creating Vintage Integrity with Doug Mackenzie - Rosewood Estates Winery - Neptune Riesling

​What kinds of challenges do you face with winemaking in Niagara? ​How do you create a wine with vintage integrity? We answer these questions and more with Doug Mackenzie, head winemaker at Rosewood Estates Winery in Niagara, Ontario, Canada. Located about an hour and a half south of Toronto on the southern end of Lake Ontario, Rosewood Estates Winery is not only a winery, but a meadery, apiary and a restaurant. With beehives, an estate vegetable and herb garden, and, of course, lots of vines, Rosewood makes their own honey, mead, and kitchen creations from scratch while keeping sustainability and authenticity at the forefront of what they do. Doug shares his journey into wine-making, how they craft wines that reflect each unique and varied Niagara vintage, the challenges of growing grapes and making wine in Niagara, and more in our discussion. During our discussion we discussed Doug’s favorite wines, the Rosé Charmat and the Neptune Riesling. Find these and other wines at your local retailer on wine searcher: https://www.wine-searcher.com/merchant/47734-rosewood-estates-winery-meadery Or at heavenly vines: https://heavenlyvines.com/winery/winery_detail.cfm?lang=EN&dmnID=1799&srsltid=AfmBOorRLVSWYz-uW9Eb3r7JAumXe4qCQR4iVz-N5qOmCvZPdYI5LxEF Also, follow Rosewood Estates Winery on Instagram: @rosewoodwine Many thanks again to all of the folks at Rosewood Estates Winery for the incredible hospitality during our visit and the fabulous lunch at the winery (if you go, you don’t want to miss it!). Also, thank you to Brent Toda (@brentwithglasses) for the beautiful pictures taken during the interview!