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Andrea (Drea) Kaiser is daughter to Karl J. Kaiser winemaker and co-founder of Inniskillin Wines, considered by many, to be the pioneer of modern Canadian winemaking. His pursuit in creating exceptional wine has inspired his daughter to create Drea’s Wine Co. which produces small batch, single vineyard, low intervention wines in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Her first wine Drea’s Sauvignon Blanc, was produced in 2017 as a tribute to her father who, along with her family, affectionately call her ‘Drea’. This varietal was selected for her first release, as each vintage Andrea’s father would make her and her mother, a special ‘batch’ of Sauvignon Blanc in his home cellar. He was always so determined to make it to their liking and was always nervous when they sampled it for the first time. Just before tasting each vintage he would remind them that the wine was still young and that over time it would become more integrated and balanced. He would wait patiently as he knew his daughter was always ready to tease him. Andrea would immediately declare “…but Papa I told you before we don’t like any residual sugar - remember we like our wines fermented bone dry.” He would shake his head with a small smile and say “…but Drea it needs some sugar for body on the mid-palate and to balance the acidity.” And then each year she would sigh and say “Well okay Papa, if you say so, but remember your promise not to age it in oak again, you know Mama and I don’t like any oak in our wines.” He would then grin and with a little chuckle say 'I know, I know.…that was only one year that I made it with oak.’ It was an annual ritual that unfortunately came to end in 2017 when Karl was making his last vintage of wine at home, so it seemed a fitting tribute to launch a Sauvignon Blanc in his memory. Her wine collection now also includes a Rosato, Dornfelder, Cabernet Franc, Blanc de Blanc and Cuvée Rosé, all fruit forward, bone dry with a bright acidity.