NATURAL, ORGANIC, VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE

“Ann Sperling has always pushed then widened the envelope for more natural organic, wild ferment wines in Canada. Her Vision series in B.C. gives her more experimental and holistic tendencies a home. This pinot gris was 95% whole cluster fermented on its skins, drawing out the grape's natural colour and the stemmy orange. It has a generous quite herbal, tea, camphor and dried citrus peel nose. It is medium bodied, notably dry and quite bitter with sharp acids. A very savory (non fruity) wine with good complexity and length. Oh and by the way, it throws a heavy sediment. Tasted April 2020.”

David Lawrason, Wine Align

ORGANIC, VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE

“It's been a few years since we've tasted the straight-up pinot gris from Sperling. In the last few years, it's been diverted into the striking, skin-contact Amber Pinot Gris (thankfully still released this year). This organic and biodynamic certified gris comes from higher altitude estate blocks, was fermented and aged briefly in stainless with no MLF. Crisp green apple, Asian pear, lemon pith, and soapy pear blossom on the tight, snappy palate, finishing clinically clean and straight. For those who like their gris squeaky clean and fresh. Drink this summer.” 88pts

Treve Ring & Anthony Gismondi

NATURAL, VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE

“Refreshing and lovely, made from Perle de Csaba planted in 1934. Aromas of pear, peach, with some hints of stony mineral hint on the palate along with a soft effervescence. A perfect patio afternoon wine, enjoy with some fresh grilled calamari or any seafood appetizer.” 89pts

Jennifer Havers, Natalie MacLean

ORGANIC, VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE

“The nose is orchard fruit fresh, the palate is dry and refreshing with citrus, red apple and orange that stays vibrant throughout thanks to lively limey acidity. It matched well with an order of mixed sushi rolls and sashimi. 88 pts”

Anthony Gismondi & Treve Ring

ORGANIC, VEGAN, GLUTEN-FREE

“As a loyal lover of Ontario pinot noir, I have to give this BC version from Sperling a great deal of credit as it exhibits great restraint in the face of so much glorious fruit. The tension, authenticity and purity of flavour is notable. Showing gentle maturity and a delightful textural mouthfeel, this pinot noir also has enough acidity to see it into the next half decade. Tasted April 2020.” 91pts

Sara D’Amato, Wine Align

“60” is a nod to Guy’s 60 goals scored in 1978, and to the 60 months of lees aging of this traditional method Brut sparkling. Beautiful bubbles & presentation, each bottle signed by Guy Lafleur himself & in an elegant engraved box.

When Guy Lafleur wanted to celebrate select Canadian vintners, he contacted Sperling Vineyards owners, Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble to help him find excellent hand crafted small lots to share with his fans and admirers. The results are a Niagara grown Grand Vin red blend from barrels hand selected from the cellar, and this exquisite Blanc de blancs vintage sparkling made by the team at Sperling Vineyards. Honouring their relationship with Guy, Peter and Ann were prepared to share their finest wine en tirage for this signature release.

Blanc de blancs Brut 2012
25 year old vines
100% Pinot Blanc
Grown and crafted on the Sperling family vineyard, Kelowna BC
11.6% alc.

ORGANIC, VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE

"This blends two pinot cousins - gris and blanc - from 35 year old vines on the Sperling's bench site in East Kelowna. It is quite substantial, well structured white - almost showing chardonnay girth but with more firmness. The nose combines somewhat reticent peach, lemon fruit with flinty and herbal notes. It is medium-full bodied, with surprisingly firm acidity, well balanced alcohol and excellent flavour intensity. Not a show wine but solid and it will work well at the table with richer fish, pork and veg-based recipes. Tasted July 2019” 90 pts

David Lawrason, Wine Align

Campbell Kind Wine, ensures this wine is carbon neutral in the hands of consumers. 

ORGANIC, VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE

Winemaking: We hand harvested and sorted across our vibrating sorting table. 25% of the stemmed grapes were skin fermented with wild yeast for 2-3 days, then pressed to give more depth and texture to the final wine. The two lots were blended collaboratively with Ann Sperling and Julie Peglau who chose to include a tiny percentage of Riesling from our 1978 planting. 

VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE

"What a great opportunity to see what 10 years of bottle aging does to a wine. This Gris was partially botrytis affected, a tricky venture in the vineyard that can add complexity, intensity and a honeyed character to still or late harvest wines. The nose on this gem is thrilling with notes of compoted apricot, wild honey, lanoline, cantaloupe and candied tropical fruits. It has wonderful texture, almost oily in the mouth with notes of beeswax, honeycomb, concentrated tropical fruits, ginger spice and ripe apricot that’s sweet but tempered by a firm acidic backbone. It has a luxurious feel on the finish and just starting to show wonderful tertiary flavours. Can cellar even longer to entice added layers of flavour. 93 points" 

Rick VanSickle, Wines in Niagara

VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE

“There is no dosage in this directly motivational Blanc de Blancs and plenty of potential palate weight with thanks to 30 months spent on the lees. There is something top single-vineyard cru Alsatian about the savoury and searing coolness in this style, as if it were more than just the sum of chardonnay parts, like some hypothetical pinot blanc and perhaps auxerrois. There is some reductiveness, a lovely washed rind cheese, lemon scrape melted into curd and fine bitters. The flavours are really quite lemony tart. Striking really....you have to admire Ann Sperling's "decision based on lees contact time." ... 92 pts

Michael Godel, Wine Align

ORGANIC, VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE

“This light and lively, slightly sper…itzy wine is a 50/50 blend of the obscure perle of csaba grape, and slightly more familiar bacchus. Ann Sperling, one of Canada's most famous winemakers, makes this from the biodynamically-farmed, limestone-laced Kelowna land that her grandparents settled more than 150 years ago. You can think of this as a local spin on northern Italy's Moscato d'Asti. Mid-sweet and light (only 7.9 degrees alcohol), this is all fragrant roses, perfumed honeycrisp apple, pink grapefruit and gingerale. Acidity is grapefruit laced and ample to keep this sweetie lively. Pair with pavlova, or sweeter brunch dishes.” 

Treve Ring, Gismondi on Wine