2016 Bachelder Wismer-Foxcroft Vineyard Gamay Noir – ****+ – It’s about time we get to see what Thomas Bachelder could do with Gamay. When I visited Beaujolais in 2014 winemakers would talk about wines they called “presqu’pinot” (almost Pinot). I’m not surprised that that this wine would end up with...
We go through another round of stump the chump – with Thomas Bachelder.
2015 Redstone Chardonnay – Vintages 398966 – $19.95 – **** – I really shouldn’t be surprised at how great this wine is – Chardonnay at twenty dollars from this province is one of the best ways to spend your money at the LCBO. The acidity keeps this wine light on...
Summer is firmly in our rear view mirror. I realize it’s a little strange to be making comments like this when most of us are starting to think about Christmas – but wasn’t 2018 just an awesome year? The weather was near perfect and I don’t know about you, I...
2016 Featherstone Joy Premium Cuvée Sparkling Rosé – Vintages 450700 – $29.95 – ****+ – I had a chance to taste this earlier this year – so this was a re-visit for me when I tasted it recently. It delivered everything I enjoyed about this wine in the spring and...
As National Seafood Month comes to a close I am thinking about a dinner I attended last month. I was fortunate enough to have a dinner served by Chef Charlotte Langley with wines paired by Nobilo. I really don’t talk about wine and food often enough on this site –...
Michael and André try to dissect the difference between warm and cool climate wines.
2014 16 Mile Rebel Pinot Noir – Vintages 520783 – $22.95 – ****+ – The short note on this wine is that it’s the new benchmark for value Pinot Noir in the province. Everything in this wine is just harmonious from ripe fruit and earth to nice acidity on the...
I got a last minute email inviting me to taste through some wines from Ramos Pinto. I couldn’t resist – when I visited Porto in the spring of 2017 I had a few free hours before spending a few days visiting Vinho Verde. I took the opportunity to stroll on...
We sit down to discuss wine over a couple of bottles of old Cabernet Franc from Vineland estates – we also make this our very last podcast to ever talk about wine scoring.
2015 Gravity Pinot Noir – Vintages 1560 – $34.95 – ****½ – To call this wine a showstopper would still be an understatement. When I opened this bottle it was late into the evening with a couple of friends and we had opened some interesting bottles – some good bottles...
