Magnotta Winery Snapshot
Magnotta Winery looks to produce magnificent wines from Canadian and Chilean grapes. It makes wine under the VQA label using grapes grown on its own 180 acres of vineyards on Ontario's Niagara Peninsula. Certain grapes are reserved for the production of icewine, which is made from grapes picked during winter. The company also owns a 351-acre vineyard in Chile's Maipo Valley. It uses some of the produce there for its own wines and sells the rest to Chilean wineries. It brews premium beers under the Magnotta name. Its Festa Juice unit makes juice used for home-based wine production. Founded in 1990 by Gabrielle and Rossana Magnotta, the company in early 2012 went private.
