Niagara’s Clos Jordanne has just released its 2007 Pinots and Chardonnays ($25-70) and they are as impressive as the previous releases from this organic winery. I think that the Chardonnays will need a year to lose their youthful sweetness and the single vineyard Pinot will certainly be more together with time. However, there’s one Pinot [...]
THE LOW DOWN: Vintages always produce glitzy catalogues for the holidays, but the wines are seldom as good as the photography. Good wine don’t appear on demand. Regular readers will know that I frequently recommend something for Christmas in June and summer wines in the winter.
I will be covering Sparkling, Sweet and other holiday favourites [...]
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Vintages Saturday November 7th 2009
THE LOW DOWN: This is Vintages at its best. Offering wine styles not generally available. In whites there’s seductive Viognier, classy Quincy and an upscale Pinot Grigio. Those who share my fondness for rustic reds will have a field day with no less than six picks. I’m offering six rich reds [...]
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before you go Pick up a copy of Wineries of Ontario at LCBO stores. It has maps and all the contact info for wineries, restaurant and hotels. www.winesofontario.ca
the low down The wonderful 07 Vintage is the current hot topic but don’t overlook the wines of 06, which are drinking really well right now. This cool [...]
Posted in Food & Restaurants, Travel Notes, Wine Picks | Also tagged 13th Street, Add new tag, Angels Gate Winery, Calamus, Cave Spring, Charles Baker, Chateau des Charmes, Coyote’s Run, Creekside, De Sousa, Featherstone, Fielding Estates, Flat Rock Cellars, Foreign Affair, Frogpond Farm, Henry of Pelham, Hidden Bench, Hillebrand winery, Inniskillin, Jackson-Triggs, Lailey, Malivoire, Megalomaniac, Mountain Road Wine Company, Niagara, Olson's Food & Bakery, Organized Crime, Peller Estates, Peninsula Ridge, Ravine Vineyard, red wine, Southbrook, Stone Road Grille, Stratus, Strewn Winery, Tawse, The Ice House, Thirty Bench, Vineland Estates, VQA, white wine |
