Unoaked

Pondview Lot 74

Both of these wines are approachable and easy drinking. Made to pair with food and unpretentious. I realize I have been saying this a lot lately but not all wines are meant for the cellar sometimes you just want something crowd pleasing and affordable. Lot 74 fits the bill. 2014...

Flat Rock – New Wines that Kick Ass!

I have just finished tasting through some of the new wines from Flat Rock that will be hitting the shelves of Vintages in the near future. Seriously though, these are wines we should all be excited about. We have spend so much time talking about 2010 and 2012 as hot...

Kacaba Summer Wines

2014 Jennifer’s Pinot Gris – Winery Only – $17.95 – ****1/2 – Let’s face it, Pinot Gris is generally boring, inoffensive and tasteless.  This wine from Kacaba is anything but.  Your eyes don’t deceive you, this has a beautiful pink hue to it.  Subtle flavours of apple, peach are layered over...

Hidden Bench – December 2014 Visit

For this year one thing I will be adding to www.andrewinereview.ca are expanded tastings from my visits to wine country.  I am very pleased to have Hidden Bench be the first winery to be profiled.  The owner of the winery is Harald Thiel.  I have had the pleasure of bumping...

Tarot Cards Look Nice on Wine Bottles

Tarot Cards Look Nice on Wine Bottles

2013 The Empress Chardonnay – LCBO 346791 – $12.75 – This is sunshine in a bottle.  Even though this wine only has 9 g/l sugar (this is very dry) you will share that this is off dry.  Fruit flavours are bright and intense with Apple, Peach and Lemon.  The finish on...

Turkey Day!

Turkey Day!

What wines will you be serving at your table for Thanksgiving this weekend?  We are in the middle of the Taste Local campaign so there is no excuse to not be serving Ontario Wine with your Turkey this weekend. Chardonnay is a slam dunk with Turkey.  I personally prefer a...

Eye on Mer Soleil

Eye on Mer Soleil

2012 Mer Soleil Reserve Chardonnay – Vintages 958975 – $34.95 (currently the 2011 is available) – What would happen if hot buttered popcorn had a love child with a sweet christmas orange?  There’s a good chance you would end up with the Mer Soleil Reserve Chardonnay.  Very rich and complex...

They make Unoaked Malbec?

September 25th I had to answer the question whether I was Pure or Extravagant at the iYellow Wine Cave.  I had the chance to taste two wines from Argentinian winery Trapiche.  One was an unoaked Malbec and the second was a Malbec based Red blend.  Both wines are very good...