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January 2019 in France - Tain-L'Hermitage

I think when it comes to travel I’ve referred to a few cities on the planet as my favourite – New York, it’s hard to resist the concrete jungle and endless culinary possibilities. Paris, there’s a reason that the French say all roads lead to Paris. San Francisco, it’s hard...

Wine Reviews - Pinot Noir from Chateau des Charmes

This pair of Pinot Noirs from Chateau des Charmes are truly something special. It’s fantastic to have 2016 and 2017 vintages both available because they really couldn’t be much different. 2016 was a fantastic year in Niagara in terms of how dry and warm it was – 2017 was a...

Wine Reviews - Inniskillin Icewine

I think it’s appropriate to take a moment to talk about Icewine this week. I’m looking out my window at the moment I’m writing this and we are about to get a crap-ton of snow dumped on us. I now I often say Canadians are out of Love with Icewine...

Wine Reviews - Featherstone 2017

I don’t think Dave and Louise at Featherstone got the memo that 2017 was supposed to be a challenging vintage. Last summer I drank a lot of their 2017 Black Sheep Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc – so it goes without saying that I was excited to see what else would...

Two Guys Talking Wine - (Episode 127)

It’s been more than a month since we’ve heard from Andre but he’s back … sort of … Michael catches up with him while he is still in Chile to discuss what the heck he has been up to there.

Wine Review - Cloudsley Cellars

This post is long overdue. I tasted the Cloudsley Cellars wines back in October of last year. These wines really made an impression on me – They have been popping up on wine lists in Toronto. The winery is owned by Adam Lowy – and as stated on his website...