Jackson-Triggs
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Jackson-Triggs is a Canadian
Canada
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 winery
Winery
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 with vineyards in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia and the Niagara Peninsula
Niagara Peninsula
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, Ontario
Ontario
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In 1993 Donald Triggs and Allan Jackson founded Mississauga-based company Vincor Canada which began to produce Jackson-Triggs wine. Constellation Brands
Constellation Brands
Constellation Brands, Inc., headquartered in Victor, New York, is the world’s leading wine company with a broad portfolio of widely admired premium brands across the wine, beer and spirits categories.-History and description:...

 purchased Vincor Canada (including Jackson-Triggs) for CDN$1.52 billion in 2006

In 2006 Jackson-Triggs won the Gold Medal at the International Wine and Spirit Competition
International Wine and Spirit Competition
The International Wine & Spirit Competition is an annual wine competition founded in 1969 by the [German/British] oenologist Anton Massel.. Each year the competition receives entries from over 80 countries worldwide. The awards given by the competition are considered to be some of the highest...

(IWSC) for best Shiraz/Syrah; the first Canadian red wine to be recognized by the IWSC. In 2010, they won their seventh "Canadian Wine Producer of the Year" trophy at the IWSC.

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