2012 Lailey Select Late Harvest Vidal – Vintages 72918 – $19.95 – I know we tend to think about Icewine in the winter over Christmas and New Years but I prefer saving a bottle of two for spring and summer. There is nothing better than serving a chilled glass of...
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and I love getting my mom something special to enjoy. The great thing about Rosé is that it is still something that most people don’t drink as their “go to” wine of choice. When you start talking to people about pink wine it tends to conjure...
2011 Tawse Sketches Cabernet/Merlot – Vintages 130252 – $20.95 – Very juicy and loaded with ripe red fruit flavours… Raspberry, Strawberry and Cherry. This is very smooth and dangerously easy to drink. Medium bodied and very dry make this wine extremely versatile with food. 2012 Malivoire Riesling – Vintages 277483...
Wildass is one of my favorite labels in the Vintages section. It’s not pretentious and the wines are always fantastic. I recently had a chance to get into the current Wildass lineup and I was not disappointed. 2012 Riesling – Vintages 129700 – $16.75 – Tons of apple in this...
2012 Keint-He Voyageur Pinot Noir – Vintages 373407 – $17.95 – Keint-He is a winery located in Prince Edward County, but the fruit in this bottle comes from Niagara. The price on this wine is not a typo, this is fantastically priced. Very delicate with lots of ripe cherry and...
According to Statscan, there is a lack of love for wine in my home province of Saskatchewan. It’s easy to shrug off that a province full of farmers are just loyal beer and spirit drinkers, but I believe there is something different at play here. One only needs to see...
One of the highlights from Cuvée 2014 was getting a chance to be introduced to Westcott Vineyards. They were pouring a fantastic Chardonnay and the winery has not even opened their doors yet. Westcott currently have a few wines available at https://westcottvineyards.com/ and they will be bottling a Pinot Noir...
2012 Lailey Chardonnay – Vintages 193482 – $19.95 – Beautifully subtle and fantastically priced. Flavours of apple, peach with vanilla on a finish that lingers a little bit. This is something I would serve to people who are fussy about overoaked Chardonnay. This has great balance between bright fruit and...
Last time I was down in Niagara a few things from Tawse caught my eye. A couple new sparkling wines and the latest vintage of the Laundry Vineyard Cabernet Franc really stood out. 2011 Tawse Spark – $24.95 – This wine is a blend of Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris. ...
2012 Trius Red – Vintages 303800 – $22.95 – A few weeks ago I got an email stating that Craig McDonald, winemaker at Trius had made his best Trius Red… period. I am a fan of this wine because I feel this is a benchmark for full bodied Red wine...
I had a chance to drop into the Foreign Affair in early March. I have recently reviewed the 2009 Ex-Pat Riesling and the 2012 Conspiracy two wines that I very much enjoyed (and highly recommend you pick up for yourself). The Foreign Affair makes their wines using the Appassimento method...
2011 Featherstone Four Feathers – Vintages 341586 – $14.95 – This is a symphony of great white grapes with Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer. This wine is truly summer in a glass and after the winter we had we could all use some summer in a glass. A great...
