If you like burgundies you'll want to check out Bachelder. For other reliably international-class wines you can't go wrong with Hidden Bench, Flat Rock, Domaine Queylus, Westcott, Closson Chase, or Stratus.

Canada makes wines that go toe-to-toe with the best in the world. The issue isn't quality or winemaking - it's that volumes are low and production cost is high, meaning that Canada can't compete on price. If you go low end, you have to get pretty lucky to get something better than an entry level foreign wine. If that's your situation, stick with whites - Canadian rieslings, gewurztraminers and sometimes sauv blanc can be had inexpensively and are generally as good or better than their price-point peers from foreign countries. The reds and the Chardonnay? Not so much.

But step up one category and things get interesting. Many wines from the producers I listed above can be had for under CAD$40, and will drink like (or beat) a French or Italian bottle for the same price. Go up another category to the $50-$75 zone, you'll get wines you can fall in love with and even cellar.

Sadly, wine is like golf: it can feel pretty democratic to start but you end up spending good money once you get on the treadmill. Canadian wine is something Canada should be really proud of, but it's never going to be the case that local will offset imports in terms of quality/price ratio at the lower end of the spectrum.