2012 Sue-Ann Staff Merlot – Vintages 358416 – $19.95 – ****+ – This is the sort of wine that will make a perfect addition to your spring/summer entertaining. Merlot is a great crowd pleaser because it is easy drinking and doesn’t have quite the bite that you would find in...
2012 Domaine de Valcolombe Cuvée Baroque – Price and Availability TBD – ****+ – This wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Flavours of Cassis, Blackberry, Plum with Cedar notes that bring up the finish. This bottle does need an hour in a decanter but the firm...
I always get a little melancholic when I head down to wine country for Get Fresh! in the springtime. Everyone who knows me knows that I am a huge fan of visiting the wineries in the off-season. This is one of the last weekends that you have to grab winemakers...
2013 Fielding Red Conception – Vintages 189183 – $18.95 – **** – Unpretentious and loaded with fruit. This easy drinking red blend brings raspberry, blackberry and plum in the mouth but isn’t too heavy. Medium bodied with good structure and medium tannin that softens quickly after opening. A good red...
When I first started writing about wine it was late summer 2010. Craig McDonald had just been hired as the head winemaker at Trius and told me that the quality of harvest was the best he had ever seen in Ontario. So, when I spoke to him recently and he told...
2011 Norton Reserva Malbec – Vintages 17061 – $17.00 – **** – While this wine may not age as long as a Premier Cru Bordeaux it will make a nice addition to a budding wine collection or if you’re looking for something to stock up on while sticking to a...
16 Mile is a winery you probably haven’t heard of but I assure you that in the very near future you will. The wines bear names like Rebel and Incivility as a nod to owner Joseph Groia’s battle against Incivility charges from the Law Society of Upper Canada. The winery started...
2013 13th Street Merlot – Vintages 270504 – $17.95 – ***1/2+ – I have made no secret for my disdain for Ontario merlot. I know Ontario can make great Merlot in hot vintages like 2010 or 2012 but often in the cool vintages you end up with wine that just...
The trick to serving all three of these wines it to makes sure you don’t over chill them. If you serve these wines at fridge temperature they will all taste like you are drinking a popsicle stick. When you want to serve these wines toss them in the fridge for...
This is the second post from a monthly tasting group that we hold at the iYellow wine cave. Angela Aiello, Mandy Shnurr, Jason Solanki, and Krista Lamb meet up once a month to taste something of interest to them and discuss. We have decided to call our tasting group #blendedcru...
2014 Flat Rock Pink Twisted – Vintages 39974 – $16.95 – **** – When you put your glass to your face and get aromas of swedish berries and fuzzy peaches you’re going to expect this wine to be sweet … but it isn’t. While the nose screams candy the flavours...
I had a chance to taste the big bluff wines that you can now find in the regular list of your local LCBO. There are a few other offerings that you can find in the vintages section as well. What I do know is that between the new offerings from...
