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Recipes: Chicken Wings #dirtywings

I like to cook my wings in the oven. I mean I realize we are into January, but the Superbowl is coming up so all resolutions are either out the window or on hold. Here are my recipes for making dirty wings. Here’s how to cook your wings: Dirty Wings...

Vineland Estates – Let me be Franc

There are a pair of wines available from Vineland that are worth the trip down to the winery. Brian Schmidt is a flag bearer for Cabernet Franc in the province so it should be no surprise that the wines i’m about to talk about are Franc. 2014 Van Bers Vineyard...

2014 Ziraldo Riesling Icewine

2014 Ziraldo Riesling Icewine – Vintages 149609 – $88.80 – ****1/2 – This small winery specializes in Icewine. If you’re a fan of Niagara wine this name should be familiar to you because this bottle bears the name of the founder of Inniskillin. When I spoke with Donald Ziraldo in...

Lacey Estates – The Red Wines

My last trip to Prince Edward County included a stop by Lacey Estates to check out some of their new releases. This small, family run winery is a detour in this year if you have never had the chance to stop by. One thing that has me excited is seeing...

2013 Organized Crime Cabernet Franc – 2013 Reif Pinot Noir

2013 Organized Crime Cabernet Franc – Vintages 472530 – $18.95 – **** – There is something interesting about this Franc. The fruit is concentrated and very ripe bordering on jammy with flavours of strawberry, cherry, blackberry and currant. But even with all the very ripe fruit dominating the nose and...

Hinterland – 2015 Red Herring Syrah

I first tasted this wine shortly after bottling, this would have been towards the end of the summer and quickly forgot about it. This is my fault, I didn’t see the real potential in this wine. That being said it was a sound lesson in the reality of bottle shock....