Appassimento

Profile: Casa-Dea (June 2015)

The last time I was at Casa-Dea in Prince Edward County I was introduced to their first appassimento wine called Adamo.  I had the opportunity to taste the white counterpart – Eva.  It is always exciting to see what comes out of the doors of the winery when you have...

Cuvée 2015 – is it too early to set my calendar for 2016?

The question you answer for the next few days after Cuvée is “What was your favorite wine?”… Truthfully I can’t answer.  Cuvée is hosted at the Fallsview Casino.  It is one of the events that I look forward to every year.  You take as many wineries as you can fit...

From Italy to Ontario – Wine Tasting January 28

On January 28th I was given the opportunity to attend a tasting in Downtown Toronto putting Italian and Ontario wines side by side.  We had the opportunity to taste through 37 wines.  It is amazing to see how well the Ontario wines hold up to the Italian wines.  I still...

Tarot Cards Look Nice on Wine Bottles

Tarot Cards Look Nice on Wine Bottles

2013 The Empress Chardonnay – LCBO 346791 – $12.75 – This is sunshine in a bottle.  Even though this wine only has 9 g/l sugar (this is very dry) you will share that this is off dry.  Fruit flavours are bright and intense with Apple, Peach and Lemon.  The finish on...