Winemaking is a fun, rewarding & sociable hobby whether you’re making wine from grapes or starting out with a wine kit at home or having your wine made at a U-Vint or Brew on Premise facility. At the end of the day, our goal is to enjoy a glass of good wine with like-minded friends.
Can it get any better?
Amateur Winemakers of Ontario is an association of winemaking clubs located in Ontario, Canada. For people who are not a member of a club we invite them to join as Members At Large so we can provide them with the benefits of membership and the ability to compete in our annual competition.
Our Annual competition is the largest amateur wine competition in Canada. It’s a great way to obtain an independent evaluation, by trained judges, of your wine which helps to improve your winemaking skills. Read more about our site.
Important Information…
2024 Paul Dunseath Award Winner for Outstanding Service – Don Eastman
| Foundations in Winemaking ! Brock University is offering us 15% off this terrific online course running April 14 to June 27, 2025. Use Discount Code NIAGARA2025 Testimonial: “From start to finish the program was so thorough. Our instructor ensured we understood the science of the process — why a wine was doing what it was doing during production, or why a wine tasted the way it did.” Questions? Email ccovi@brocku.ca |
2024-2025 Schedule…
2024-11-30 Deadline for Membership updates & dues
2025-01-04 First date to submit Club Judging Request
2025-01-31 Last date to submit Club Judging Request
2025-03-01 First date for Club Judging
2025-03-23 Deadline to submit Motions for AGM
2025-05-04 Last date for Club Judging
2025-05-07 Deadline to submit entry request for AWO competition
05-30 – 06-01 AWO Competition
2025-06-21 AWO AGM 2025
Freshly Pressed Updates
2024-12-03 Added 2025 Competition page
2024-10-22 Added 2024 AWC Competition Results
2024-10-09 New AWO Pamphlet
2024-10-06 Updated the Board of Directors
2024-08-14 Added announcement of Brock discount for online Winemaking course
2024-08-14 Updated Constitution & Bylaws for Club minimum of 3
2024-06-23 Added 2024 AWO Competition Results
2024-04-29 Registration for our 55th Anniversary Celebration Festival – Vintage 55 Jubilee – is open
2024-03-29 Opening word documents is an issue with Google Chrome – use Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Edge
2024-03-11 Added AWO competition files
2024-02-20 Added 2024 Festival – Vintage 55 Jubilee
2024-02-19 Added Insurance details under ‘Membership Benefits’
2024-02-19 Added AWO Code of Conduct under ‘About Us’
2024-02-08 Added 2024 Club Competition information
2023-08-28 Added Glenlake Vineyards to the list of Grape & Juice suppliers
2023-07-24 Added AWC entry instructions at the end of the 2023 Competitions page
2023-07-24 Added seminars to the Winemaking page – SO2, Sparkling Wine Yeast Creation & Thermoflash
2023-07-07 Added Blank AWC Competition 2023 Bottle Tags to bottom of Competition 2023 page
2023-06-26 Added 2023 AWO Competition Results
2023-05-22 Added Blank AWO Bottle Entry Tag to Competition page
2023-04-24 Opened up Registration for Festival 2023 Sippers Symposium and added AGM call information
2023-04-20 Added Festival 2023 Sippers Symposium information
2023-04-13 Added a link to purchase PH meter under Supplies & Equipment
2023-03-28 Added 2023 AWO Online Wine Registration link
2023-03-08 Added 2023 Club Entry Instructions
2023-02-24 Added 2023 AGM Call for Motions
2023-02-24 Updated Wine Making Clubs information
2023-01-04 Added 2023 Competition including Club Judging Request form