2010 Vineland Chardonnay Musqué – VINTAGES 996793 – $17.95 – I am getting an early start on Mothers` Day. This year my motto is why by Mom flowers when you can give her flowers in a bottle. What I mean by this is this wine has an incredible aroma of...
This weekend I am in Niagara around the Twenty Valley area to check out Get Fresh in the Valley. You buy a passport at www.20valley.ca and it gives you access to wine and food pairings at the wineries. I had a chance to go to Wrapped up in the Valley last fall...
I have made it my mission to discuss great Ontario wines, because I still feel there is a certain stigma out there that they aren’t very good. But even though I have no problems finding great VQA wines to talk about every week sometimes something catches my eye (and palette)...
2009 Cattail Creek Pinot Noir – $18.95 – VINTAGES 257303 – I am still hesitant when I open up a bottle of Ontario Pinot Noir because of my own experiences with some less than stellar offerings. This is one of those wines that is so good, and so easy to...
2010 Peller Family Series Cabernet Franc – LCBO 582833 – $11.95 – A very good well priced Cabernet Franc from the great 2010 vintage. This wine has a great balance of dark fruit flavours, full of things like Blackberry and Currant. All this is balanced with nice oak flavours and...
This is a great week with both wines coming in under the $25 mark! Trust me both of these wines out-perform their low price points. 2010 Pelee Pink – LCBO 529354 – $10.95 – I know this is another Rosé … but I had to talk about this one. First...
2009 Flat Rock Cellars Pinot Noir Rosé – VINTAGES 39974 – $16.95 – This week I took a look through my notes and found something I can’t believe I haven’t had a chance to talk about. Serious Rosé are two words that don’t usually fit beside each other in the...
Well it’s a little early in the year, but the nice weather doesn’t seem to be on it’s way out anytime soon. Personally I like it to be a little warmer to toss back a few beers on a hot summer day … but that’s the great thing about wine,...
As promised I have found some wines that are down in price so why not pick up both this week? The great things about these wines is they are both fantastic value, definitely superior wines for the price. 2009 Sue-Ann Staff Baco Noir – $14.95 – LCBO 260422 – This...
Sanbanks Estate Reserve Baco Noir 2009 – LCBO 225920 – $19.95 – This is a great baco full of Plum and Blueberry, Raspberry with a very jammy texture. But at the same time this wine is not lacking a wonderful earthiness, that is a little softer than the Henry of...
2010 Trius Red – $21.95 – VINTAGES 303800 – This is one of those wines I would consider a staple. It was one of the first to be done very well, and also for many people this is the benchmark for how great a Bordeaux style blend can be. This...
This week we’ve got wines to pair with nothing. We have had a few weeks of over the top wine and food pairings but sometimes nothing goes together quite like the couch, the tv and a great glass of wine. 2009 Tawse Sketches of Niagara Chardonnay – VINTAGES 89037 –...
