2017 13th Street Whitty Vineyard Gamay – $23.95 – **** – This is a stellar example of why 13th Street is at the top of the Gamay game in Ontario. 2017 was a challenging vintage – but you wouldn’t know that from the bottle in front of me right now....
2017 Kacaba Unoaked Chardonnay – LCBO 326975 – $15.95 – **** – This is one of the most reliable bottles from Ontario you can find in the general list. This is also a bottle that is sure te be crowd pleasing. This is straightforward with nice flavours and aromas of...
Michael has a bee in his bonnet about the stemware at a recent wine event. André thinks he’s being a big baby.
I think when it comes to travel I’ve referred to a few cities on the planet as my favourite – New York, it’s hard to resist the concrete jungle and endless culinary possibilities. Paris, there’s a reason that the French say all roads lead to Paris. San Francisco, it’s hard...
André and Michael sit down with Winemaker Isabel Mitarakis of Don Melchor at the Foxley on Ossington.
This pair of Pinot Noirs from Chateau des Charmes are truly something special. It’s fantastic to have 2016 and 2017 vintages both available because they really couldn’t be much different. 2016 was a fantastic year in Niagara in terms of how dry and warm it was – 2017 was a...
André and Michael muse about twenty dollar bottles of wine.
The new lineup of wines from Back 10 Cellars includes bottles from the 2017 and 2018 vintages.
This podcast is a little gratuitous – but Michael let André brag a bit about his trip to Europe.
I think it’s appropriate to take a moment to talk about Icewine this week. I’m looking out my window at the moment I’m writing this and we are about to get a crap-ton of snow dumped on us. I now I often say Canadians are out of Love with Icewine...
After disappearing for a month – Michael and André have a lot of nonsense to get caught up on.
I don’t think Dave and Louise at Featherstone got the memo that 2017 was supposed to be a challenging vintage. Last summer I drank a lot of their 2017 Black Sheep Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc – so it goes without saying that I was excited to see what else would...
