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The rebirth of cool is kicked off today in Niagara, as the world\u2019s top cool climate chardonnay producers gather together with wine lovers to celebrate the grape.<\/p>\n
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2025 is the 16th Anniversary of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4C)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Since 2011, 271 + wineries have participated, from 85 cool climate wine regions and over 1168 different Cool Climate Chardonnays and Sparkling\/Blanc de Blancs have been poured. Some 66 wineries are from Ontario alone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There’ll be tastings, brunches, dinners and fun events such as “Flights” of Chardonnay at the Niagara airport, The School of Cool and do other crazy things to reaffirm their love of this style of chard.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So why don’t you re-frame that nasty acronym “Anything but Chardonnay” (ABC) to All Beloved Chardonnay?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From altitude to attitude, what are the 5 elements of \u201ccool\u201d?<\/p>\n altitude<\/p>\n latitude<\/p>\n maritime influence<\/p>\n climate<\/p>\n winemaking style (I’ve re-dubbed this attitude ;)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Still need a reason to love cool climate chardonnay? Here are 3 of them:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. Acid Tripping:<\/strong> Cool Chardonnay offers racy, mouth-watering acidity that refreshes the parts that other wines cannot reach.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Mineral Mining:<\/strong> Trying to figure out what minerality tastes (or feels) like? Pour yourself a glass of cool Chardonnay and let your taste buds dig it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Trend Bucking:<\/strong> When they go high (climate), we go low. Thrill on the chill.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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