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July 17 – 2013 Cave Spring Estate Chardonnay – 2013 Tawse Gamay

2013 Cave Spring Estate Bottled Chardonnay – Vintages 256552 – $18.95 – **** – Chardonnay under twenty dollars is quickly becoming my favorite price point for Ontario… simply put, because I can afford to drink it.  Cave Spring has given us a very tasty wine that gives us a nice...

June 20 – 2012 Flat Rock Chardonnay – 2012 Wildass Red

2012 Flat Rock Chardonnay – Vintages 286278 – $18.95 – **** – Great value and high quality from this wine that recently won a Gold Medal at the Ontario Wine Awards.  The nose is Vanilla, Pineapple and Apple.  Flavours match the nose with just hints of baking spice that linger...

Winery Profile – 16 Mile (April 2015)

16 Mile is a winery you probably haven’t heard of but I assure you that in the very near future you will.  The wines bear names like Rebel and Incivility as a nod to owner Joseph Groia’s battle against Incivility charges from the Law Society of Upper Canada.  The winery started...

Your Chardonnay Fix – Spring 2015

The trick to serving all three of these wines it to makes sure you don’t over chill them.  If you serve these wines at fridge temperature they will all taste like you are drinking a popsicle stick.  When you want to serve these wines toss them in the fridge for...

Southbrook Portfolio Tasting – March 2015

I recently had the chance to taste through some upcoming releases from Southbrook with winemaker Ann Sperling.  You can consider this blog post to be your shopping list for the summer.  The great news is that Southbrook frequently makes appearances at local farmers markets in Toronto (to keep tabs you...

A Day in Beaujolais

I traveled to France in November to check out the Beaujolais Nouveau release.  After spending a few days hunting for Cabernet Franc in St Émillion I knew that I had to go to Beaujolais.  Beaujolais, like Ontario, is currently take the long way up recovering from a bruised reputation stemming...

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...