Welcome to Wildass Country
Born and raised in the vineyards of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Wildass wines are handcrafted and bottled for enjoyment in select, fun-loving restaurants and homes across this great land.
Wildass grapes are hand picked, gently handled and patiently aged in the new and innovative Stratus winery. The resulting wines are full of personality and best enjoyed with a group of Wildass friends!
Wildass wines are available at your favorite neighborhood restaurants. However, as a result of your enthusiasm and persistence, we have decided to release a limited number of bottles for online purchase.
Wildass wines can be delivered to your household or business in Ontario. Purchase online.
Wildass Wines are also available from LCBO Vintages.
2008 Wildass Red
Everything and the kitchen sink! Our first Wildass Red to include all 11 red varieties grown on the Stratus vineyard. Showing ripe strawberries from the newly introduced Tempranillo and Sangiovese balanced with dark berries and spice from the classic Bordeaux varietals. Juicy, complex and versatile, this wine is sure to go with just about anything!
$19.95/btl (Order online)
2007 Wildass White
"Dried late harvest style with toasted oak and pineapple character. Full and rich. Tropical fruits too. Fascinating.” 90 points
—James Suckling <jamessuckling.com>
$19.95/btl (Order online)
2009 Wildass Riesling
The aromatic profile exudes green apple and fresh pear character with subtle citrus notes in the backdrop. These aromatic notes reappear on the palate with heightened flavours of ripe, ruby grapefruit. The mouthfeel is soft and balanced with a refreshing spike of acidity on the finish.
$17.75/btl (Order online) LCBO Vintages release – September 7th, 2011
2009 Wildass Rosé
A harmonious assemblage of Gamay, Merlot, Mouvedre, Sangiovese, Tempranillo, Semillon and Chardonnay. Each wine gently oak-aged, filtered and bottled by gravity. A robust Rosé with delicate tannins and explosive red-berry fruit – a wine easily enjoyed with any dish!
$19.95/btl Order online at LCBO Vintages – 71712
What the critics
are saying...
2008 Wildass Red
“All the red grapes that Stratus grows find their way into this bottle, 11 in total: Cabernets Franc and Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec, Gamay, Syrah, Tempranillo, Sangiovese, Tannat and Mourvèdre … After that laundry list I feel I have no time to tell you about the wine, but for a wine this interesting I’ll make some time – as I hope you will. There is a simplicity to this wine that you wouldn’t expect from a blend with so many grapes involved, yet there is also a certain elegance that brings everything together with each sip. The nose is cherry and spice, which follows on the palate with some nice peppered notes – it’s a light and easy wine with a decent amount of complexity (if you are willing to indulge yourself) thanks to all the players involved. Sip and savour, or grab and gulp … because the wine is from Stratus you expect the first, but with a name like Wildass you’re allowed to do both. **** ½”
—Michael Pinkus
Ontario Wine Review
2008 Wildass Rosé
“This new release from acclaimed Niagara producer Stratus is a pretty damn fine example of the rosé style. The wine is considerably darker than most other roses, a fact that attests to this wine’s seriousness. It drinks more like a fine light red than a rose actually, reminiscent of very perfumed Beaujolais. Aromatically seductive, with a spiced red fruit core. Structured and firm, this wine is versatile enough to handle all sorts of summer dishes. Just the other evening we had this with piri-piri barbecue chicken and it went down a treat.” (90/100)
—Jamie Drummond,
Good Food Revolution
COUP DE COEUR 
« Une juteuse crémeuse nouveauté que cette cuvée canadienne, vinifiée avec doigté et élevée avec autant d'attention par l'équipe de Stratus, l'un des nouveaux domaines phares de la péninsule. Il en résulte un blanc sec, aromatique à souhait, à la texture onctueuse, caressante et gourmande, dont l'acidité discrète laisse place aux courbes sensuelles et aux saveurs de pêche, de crème fraîche, de vanille et de pomme Golden. » 
—La Sélection Chartier 2010
SAQ #11098293 $23.95 (Cellier)