When I had a chance to speak with Kevin O’Leary about his wines I was dying to ask him the question: “Why Ontario?”… He is a businessman and literally has the world at his disposal for creating a world class wine, surely California, Argentina, Australia or anywhere else could offer...
Happy Canada Day! What better way to celebrate our nation than with a Red and a White. 2011 Pelee Island Chardonnay – LCBO 136044 – $10.95 – When I am looking for something new at the LCBO I generally give myself a $15 benchmark. If you give me fifteen dollars,...
I have made it my mission to discuss great Ontario wines, because I still feel there is a certain stigma out there that they aren’t very good. But even though I have no problems finding great VQA wines to talk about every week sometimes something catches my eye (and palette)...
Valentine’s Day is coming (nothing wrong with getting an early start on things). So let’s take a look at pairing some great wine and Chocolate. I tend to avoid mentioning specific food pairings because everyone has a little different idea on what goes well together. I have found that pairing...
Calamus 2008 Cosmic Red – VINTAGES 258129 – $17.95 – Calamus has once again created an excellent Red Blend. Typical of the other 2008 Cabernets I have reviewed this is a very fruit forward wine. But as with any of the wines I highly recommend this is all about balance. ...
2009 Megalomaniac Homegrown Red – LCBO 260364 – $16.95 – Here is another red that just like last week drinks great right out of the bottle. It is a more traditional Bordeaux blend with Cabernet and Merlot, so it feels like I’m getting back to basics after some more interesting...
