Benefits of being a Member

If your winery is already a member of the Canadian Wine Library, we look forward to receiving your wines for the annual submission tasting.

If your winery is new to the library, some of the benefits of having your wines in the collection are:

  • You contribute to a visionary project in the advancement of the wines of Canada that tracks how our ageable wines evolve.
  • You become a proud member of a community of producers who make wines to age.
  • Your wines join the collection’s list which is posted on our website and promoted, automatically alerting buyers that your wines have been selected because of their aging potential.
  • If your wines are selected for a public tasting, the results of the tasters’ assessments will be sent to you.  That feedback can inform you on how your wines are developing. Results from tastings are also stored within the CWL as a record of developing changes in your wines.
  • You will receive the results of all research studies conducted involving wines from the collection.

Inniskillin Hall at Brock University is home to the Canadian Wine Library — a cellared collection of the finest VQA wines. The wine cellar also includes a Vinotheque of wines made by students during their undergraduate and graduate programs as well as wines made by CCOVI’s Researchers. The cellar can hold up to 44,000 bottles and is temperature and humidity controlled, wines are held in darkness and secure.