2016 Featherstone Joy Premium Cuvée Sparkling Rosé – Vintages 450700 – $29.95 – ****+ – I had a chance to taste this earlier this year – so this was a re-visit for me when I tasted it recently. It delivered everything I enjoyed about this wine in the spring and...
2014 16 Mile Rebel Pinot Noir – Vintages 520783 – $22.95 – ****+ – The short note on this wine is that it’s the new benchmark for value Pinot Noir in the province. Everything in this wine is just harmonious from ripe fruit and earth to nice acidity on the...
2016 Featherstone Canadian Oak Chardonnay – $21.95 – ****½ – Aromas of spice are layered over apples, peach and pear. The funky note from the wild yeast is present but well integrated and buried under very ripe fruit thanks to a very hot spring and summer. This opens up with...
2012 13th Street Premier Cuvée – Vintages 142679 – $34.95 – ****+ – This wine took top honours at the 2018 Ontario Wine Awards winning white wine of the year – for good reason. This bottle easily goes toe to toe with Champagne double the price, so there really is...
I really love the wines from Icellars. I look forward to stopping by whenever I get the chance. Simba, the golden retriever, and door greeter is quickly gaining notoriety to match Brix, the Bernese mountain dog and door greeter at Sue-Ann Staff’s winery. In short, this is one of the...
2016 13th Street Cabernet/merlot – Vintages 056598 – $19.95 – **** – Juicy and lush red fruit with very soft tannin. This is very easy drinking and a great reminder that not every bottle of red wine from a stellar vintage in Ontario needs to spend time in a cellar...
2016 Henry of Pelham Speck Family Reserve Chardonnay – Vintages 616466 – $29.95 – **** – Rich and heavy, great toasted oak and spice is well integrated with ripe peach, tangerine, and pineapple. A great reflection of the warm 2016 vintage. With a year or two in cellar this should...
2015 Chateau des Charmes Old Vines Riesling – Vintages 277228 – $18.95 – **** – Great intense aromas of apricot, peach, lime, are caressed by mineral. This bottle is perfectly balanced and brings a symphony of flavour to your glass – orchard fruit is met seamlessly with citrus – a...
2016 Organized Crime Chardonnay – Vintages 408435 – $18.95 – **** – It should be no surprise the the fruit in this bottle comes off as a little cooked – baked apple or grilled pineapple will climb their way out of your glass. But do not despair – the warm...
Rosehall Run is at the end of Greer Road in Prince Edward County, and if you have never made the visit you really should. I always try to make a stop at this winery a couple times a year. What’s really great about Rosehall is the depth of their portfolio....
2017 Featherstone Black Sheep Riesling – Vintages 80234 – $16.95 – ****+ – This continues to be benchmark for quality of Riesling from Ontario. Even though 2017 was by most accounts a challenging vintage, you certainly wouldn’t be able to guess by the flavours in this bottle. In your glass...
2016 Southbrook Triomphe Chardonnay – Vintages 172338 – $24.95 – ****+ – Aromas are baking spice, baked apple, and vanilla. There is so much texture and richness coming out of the bottle – it’s unapologetic with the invasion of flavour it brings to your glass. There is nice weight on...
