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...
2013 Flat Rock Good Kharma Chardonnay – Vintages 356873 – $16.95 – This will make a perfect addition to your table for Thanksgiving. A portion of the sale from each bottle goes to help the Ontario Association of Food Banks. Feel good story aside, this wine easily outperforms its price...
2010 Tawse Grower’s Blend Pinot Noir – Vintages 130989 – $24.95 – This is a beautiful Pinot loaded with Cherry and subtle vanilla on the finish. This wine drinks very smooth. Fantastically priced it easily out performs it’s price point. This is something worth stocking up on. 2013 Sprucewood Shores...
Earlier this summer Peller Estates was awarded Canadian Winery of the Year at the WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada. Out of twenty wines submitted thirteen won medals (1 Platinum, 4 Gold, 6 Silver, and 2 Bronze). I have really enjoyed just about everything I have tried from Peller over...
[huge_it_slider id=”2″] The LCBO has been working over the past couple years to tweak the campaign that was once known as “Go Local”. Last year the promotion was called “Shine On”, and let’s face it the name just didn’t quite pop even though the wine selection was very good. This...
2013 Coffin Ridge Bone Dry Riesling – Vintages 232744 – $17.00 – Although not quite as “bone dry” as the name would suggest this is still a great value Riesling with flavours of apple and peach. This will be great on it’s own but will make a great match to...
2011 Featherstone Joy – Vintages 310334 – $34.95 – I have been eagerly waiting the release of this wine as the 2009 was easily the best Sparkling wine from Ontario I sampled last year … and that is saying a lot in a province loaded with world class sparkling wine...
2013 Featherstone Black Sheep Riesling – Vintages 80234 – $16.95 – The Black Sheep Riesling is one of my “go to” wines year round. I consider this wine a benchmark for consistency and quality. This wine is off-dry but you wouldn’t know it because of great acidity on the finish. ...
2013 The Foreign Affair Amarosé – Vintages 388702 – $18.95 – This wine has a hint of sweetness on the finish. I consider this wine beautiful and complex. This wine is a lot of Strawberry and Raspberry with a good finish. This is definitely a swiss army wine as it...
2013 Reif Fortune Cabernet Rosé – Vintages 372466 – $12.95 – I’m a big fan of the Tarot bottles from Reif. They are well priced and generally very easy drinking, crowd pleasing, food friendly wines. This wine is off-dry but also has some savory notes of bell pepper to balance...
2012 Nyarai Cellars Sauvignon BLanc – Vintages 378398 – $19.95 – Sauvignon Blanc from Ontario tends to load on the citrus and can feel like a shock to your palate. This Sauv Blanc is a little softer but still with nice food friendly acidity. Flavours lean heavy towards citrus with...
2011 Le Clos Jordanne Village Reserve Pinot Noir – Vintages 33894 – $30.00 – Would you call me crazy for calling this a value wine? Even at thirty dollars this is well worth the price of admission for a wine that is a perfect balance of fruit and earth with...
