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Tonight’s wine review is a lovely 10-Year-Old Tawny Port from Portugal’s Douro wine region. I purchased this fortified wine back in 2013, when it arrived at the LCBO as part of the December 7, 2013 LCBO VINTAGES Release. It was produced using traditional Douro grape varieties, including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz (a.k.a. Tempranillo),…

Kim Uncorked: Welcome to my weekly wine recommendation. Hi, I’m Kim, a passionate lover of wine, food, and any experience that brings the two together! In this weekly blog post, I share my thoughts on a wine that I’ve recently purchased from one of our local independent wine merchants. If you’d like to know more…

Photo” Terravists’s Dallas and Eric Thor Terravista Vineyards, a winery on the Naramata Bench, has released an exceptional red wine made with the Spanish varietal, Mencía. This is Canada’s first Mencía. Terravista has a history with Spanish varietals The winery’s original owners, Bob and Senka Tennant, who opened the winery in 2011, planted two whites,…

“It’s time for Wines in Niagara to go gentle into that good night,” Rick VanSickle told Niagara This Week reporter Kevin Werner on his decision to shut down this website chronicling the local wine industry. The Wines in Niagara website will soon be hosted by Brock University, giving people access to its contents for many…

Tonight’s white wine review is a lovely Chardonnay from Niagara that was featured in the September 12 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection as part of the thematic on “Local Wines You’ll Love” from Ontario. This wine is also a VINTAGES Essentials product that is always (and widely) available at LCBO outlets across the province. Like…

Photo: The Sidhu family at a Vasanti vineyard In Punjabi, Vasanti means spring or new beginnings. The name of this South Okanagan winery was inspired by the history of Harb Sidhu, the head of the family, who left India in 1980 to farm orchard fruit and then to grow grapes in the Okanagan. He and…

Barefoot is the strongest Champagne and & wine brand globally. The post Moët & Chandon remains most valuable; Barefoot is strongest first appeared on My VanCity.

Behind every bottle lie years of research, patient observation, and respect for nature. The post Exceptional Wines: Zuccardi Valle de Uco first appeared on My VanCity.

For Aiāna’s chef and co-owner, Canadian ingredients, global influences and the voices of his team are all part of defining the restaurant’s identity Stepping inside Aiāna restaurant, a short walk south from Parliament Hill, your attention is drawn to curved banquettes that sit centrally beneath striking light fixtures. Adjacent is a large glass enclosure of…

Only 200 cases have been produced and will be sold at the winery for $27.99. The post Announcing the Next Story for Narrative Wines from Summerland, BC first appeared on My VanCity.