Last summer was a challenge for all small businesses thanks to the pandemic. But for many business owners it was a period of tremendous ingenuity. How do you get your wines into the hands of people who want to try it? When you run a premium winery like Adnan and...
Two Guys Talking Wine · Icellars in the Covid Times – Episode 231 Much of Ontario spent most of the past four months under lockdown. This has been a challenge for the hospitality industry across the board. The pandemic has brought about some creative ways to find a way to...
One of the challenges with the pandemic has been not having the opportunity to visit as many of the wineries as I would like. But I definitely made sure over the past couple months to get my hands on some bottles of Chardonnay from two wineries that I feel always...
Two Guys Talking Wine · Will Seven Eleven Be The First Corner Store Wine Retailers in Ontario – Episode 230 This past week Seven Eleven applied for 61 licenses to serve alcohol on their premises. The knee jerk reaction from many people has been immediately to condemn this move. But...
When I got the parcel from the Old Tun I was surprised to see a mix of cider and wine mostly in 375ml bottles. I have to admit that summer getting away from me kept me from writing about this when I should have. Something about bubbly wine and cider...
Two Guys Talking Wine · Dry(ish) January – Episode 229 This past month one of the guys attempted to do a Dry January… how did it go? Michael and André sit down to talk about the first month of 2021 – and possibly the second one too.
The latest batch of 2017’s from Kacaba continue a long string of wines that demonstrate the quality of the strange vintage. The warm dry fall wasn’t just kind to the early ripening varieties like Pinot Noir and Chardonnay it seems across the board these wines deliver the goods. Here is...
This is a crossover episode – but don’t worry we don’t have Scrappy Doo or the Great Gazoo on deck. We are joined by Paul Kalemkiarian the host of Wine Talks in California. He runs one of the oldest wine clubs in the United States. We sit down with him...
If you haven’t heard of Marc Pistor and you love Ontario wine I expect that to change shortly. When you get a chance to meet Marc it’s clear he’s passionate about what he does. I have had the opportunity to taste the Fogolar wines a few times in recent memories....
What was the 2020 summer like in the Lake Erie North Shore? Roberto Muscedere works with his eponymous winery and they make some fantastic Bordeaux varietals. He joins Michael and André to discuss. Two Guys Talking Wine · 2020 Vintage Report – Lake Erie North Shore with Roberto Muscedere –...
This week we take a look at Prince Edward County. Was the harvest as good in the County as it was in Niagara? We reach out to Kimball Lacey of Lacey Estates to see how things went during the 2020 summer we will never forget. Two Guys Talking Wine ·...
In August 2018 Michael Pinkus and I issued a challenge to the wineries of the Lake Erie North Shore – We wanted a winery to make a Fumé Blanc. The folks at CREW rose to the challenge – and made their Walk the Plank Fumé. Granted with Niagara fruit –...
