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Provence Marinaside’s First Cellar Series Dinner of 2026 Spotlights Tawse Winery For its first Cellar Series dinner of the year, join Provence Marinaside on Sunday February 8, as it shines the spotlight on exquisite wines from award-winning Tawse Winery which is located on Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment. The six-course dinner, featuring many wines not normally available…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Okanagan Wineries Worth Visiting for Architecture Alone For years, wine travel writing has followed a familiar script: where to stay, where to taste, where to eat. Useful, yes—but increasingly incomplete. As the wine industry undergoes a structural shift toward direct-to-consumer sales, wineries are no longer competing only on what’s in the…

Tawse winemaker Jessica Otting pouring Spark 2022 Monday, January 12th: Deborah’s birthday. I prepared dinner. A glass of Perelada Cava while I was cooking sautéed Argentinian prawns in a cream sauce, on a bed of rice, with braised bok choy. The wine, Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc 2024 from Marlborough. Dessert: Blueberry crumble with ice cream (and…

Tonight’s wine review is this lovely Sauternes from Bordeaux that arrived at the LCBO in last month’s December 6 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection – with plenty of bottles still available for purchase across Ontario. It is produced by the prestigious and historic Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey, a 1er Grand Cru Classé estate in the 1855 classification…

By Rick VanSickle In 2022, the Al Borgo project was barely a concept of a concept with newly planted experimental vines and grandiose plans for a destination winery in an unlikely location in Niagara. Today, with the doors finally open at the region’s newest estate winery and the first wines on the shelves, it’s not…

Sub-zero harvests, frozen fruit, and real-world learning define how Niagara College teaches the art of Icewine Flurries and sub-zero temperatures created ideal conditions on the morning of January 16, when Niagara College students headed into the vineyard for the Teaching Winery’s annual Icewine harvest. At first light, students hand-picked frozen vidal grapes in deep snow,…

Fort Berens has just released three new wines alongside three offerings in their Reserve series. While many people are familiar with Fort Berens wines, I’m often surprised by how few have actually visited the winery. Lillooet is steeped in history. As one of the earliest towns in the province, it played an important role as…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Ex Nihilo Estate Vineyard – Lake Country BC A reality check — and a roadmap forward Each year, the State of the U.S. Wine Industry Report from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) serves as a reality check for the global wine business. The 2026 report, authored by Rob McMillan, is especially important…

Tonight’s red wine review is the latest vintage of a beautiful, vegan-friendly Nebbiolo from Langhe DOC in Piedmont that arrived at LCBO outlets across Ontario in last month’s LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection on December 6th – with bottles still available for purchase across the province. It is produced by Vietti, a prestigious and historic…

A critical tasting of Jackson-Triggs’ latest light and 0% wines reveals progress, limitations, and the lingering question of whether moderation still comes at a cost Moderation is no longer a fringe behaviour among Canadian wine drinkers. Dry January, alcohol-free weekdays, and more intentional drinking habits have firmly entered the mainstream. What hasn’t changed, however, is…