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Here’s where we put all the coolest i4C info – stories, menus, features – that help bring our events to life for you!

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Sipping chardonnay at the coolest summer school in Niagara

By John McTavish, for the St. Catharines Standard Again, the School of Cool took place in Niagara-on-the-Lake this summer with more than 300 winemakers, sommeliers, wine experts and educators gathered to share, learn and compare their knowledge of chardonnay wines as a part of the annual International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration. Read John’s article as he […]

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i4C 2024: Summer’s coolest event celebrates the diversity of chardonnay

By Alana Lapierre, for VineRoutes Scheduled over four summer days in the heart of Ontario’s wine country, the 2024 edition of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (dubbed i4C by the trade) took place between July 18-21. The event kicked off on a Thursday morning with the ‘School of Cool’ and an informative, and highly […]

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It’s always a good day for Chardonnay

By Malcolm Jolley, for The Hub It took me a minute to catch Ilya Senchuk’s point about the 2021 Leaning Post “The Fifty” Chardonnay. It was mostly, he explained, in tanks he bought from Winona Concrete, just down the road from the farm he and his wife Nadia have turned into one of Niagara’s premium […]

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Chardonnay is never too cool for school

By Michael Godel, godello.ca Will fully admit to having seriously considered not using the word “cool” in the title for this latest exposé on i4C, Niagara’s annual International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration. Then good conscience and reality set in because the original dub for Canada’s most important and successful wine congress will always be too […]

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Cool Chardonnay for warm days

By Malcolm Jolley, for The Hub Chardonnay is one of the more successful and popular wine grape varieties to be planted in Niagara. And every July, since 2011, it is the focus of the region’s annual International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration. I attended the 14th edition last week as a guest of Wine Country Ontario. It’s […]

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