I hadn’t planned on making any stops for Cuvée En Route. But next year when you’re in town for Cuvée make sure you plan on a few for yourself. I did however get a chance to stop by Stratus to see what was going on. Stratus was pouring their 2012...
I had a chance to recently visit Two Sisters winery in Niagara. There is quite a buzz about the new impressive facility and the wines since they opened their doors. I had to go and check it out for myself. Lush Brut Rosé – $35.00 – **** – 50/50 Chardonnay...
I love Pelee Island wines. As much as I love reviewing and tasting the new released from the Vintages section as they come out, I do remember that for most people the regular list is where they do most of their shopping. Quality VQA products are essential in the regular...
When I went to France in November I flew Air France. I was fortunate enough to fly Business class for my trip to Paris. I was curious to see how Air France modeled their wine list especially after the stirs in social media about Air Canada (you can read my...
Now that we are in the cold stretch of winter it is the perfect time to drink some red wines and start roasting some red meat. There is a certain romanticism when we watch movies and televisions and watch a bigshot order a very old bottle from a specific vintage...
2013 Burnt Ship Bay Cabernet Merlot – Vintages 404947 – $14.95 – ***1/2+ – This was a pleasant surprise when I opened the bottle. Very fruit driven loaded with all sorts of blackberry, plum, and hints of black currant. The tannin is soft and approachable right from the bottle....
During my trip to France in November I had the chance to make a stopover in Lyon. It’s hard not to fall in love at first sight with the food mecca of France. The hard part once we were in the city was realizing we only had 24 hours to...
Château Grand Pontet is a Grand Cru Classé that is adjacent to Beau-Séjour Bécot. The proprety is owned and run by Sylvie Pourquet-Bécot, the sister of the proprieters of Beau-Séjour Bécot. Even though Grand Pontet is not Premier Cru the wines are very good. We were warmly received by Marie Pourquet and taken...
For this year one thing I will be adding to www.andrewinereview.ca are expanded tastings from my visits to wine country. I am very pleased to have Hidden Bench be the first winery to be profiled. The owner of the winery is Harald Thiel. I have had the pleasure of bumping...
The 2013-14 winter was brutal in Ontario. Many vineyards lost Syrah and Merlot and my heart goes out to the wineries who lost vines. The light at the end of the tunnel is that events like that cold winter will continue to help define the Ontario wine industry as a...
I had the chance to visit Château Laroze in November of 2014. It is a Grand Cru Classé winery located in Saint Émillion. We had an opportunity to sit down with the owner of the winery Guy Meslin to go through some of his wines and history of the winery....
I have long wrestled with whether or not to score my wines. I haven’t scored my wines up til now because frankly I haven’t felt the need to do so. I have had a hard time deciding what system to use because wine essentially falls into two categories for me...
