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By Rick VanSickle Ilya and Nadia Senchuk, owners of Niagara’s Leaning Post Wines, have never been comfortable with being comfortable. Together the couple has built their wine business — literally — from the ground up, slowly and methodically, thinking outside the box while establishing a unique terroir in the far west of Niagara that few…

League of Farmers Cabernet Franc 2020 Tuesday, November 12th: I tasted a bottle of League of Farmers Cabernet Franc 2020, a wine made by four growers – Marty Werner (who made the wine), Trevor Falk, Shawn Spiewak and Mark Lepp. (For the full story of these talented farmers, see Rick Van Sickle’s column at https://winesinniagara.com/2023/11/league-of-farmers-back-for-more-with-release-of-two-new-wines/.)…

While there are still a lot of questions surrounding spotted lanternfly in Georgia, I wanted to give everyone a brief update on what we do know. What is a spotted lanternfly? Where are spotted lanternflies from? What do spotted lanternflies eat? How do the spotted lanternflies feed? Can the spotted lanternfly bite or sting? Why are spotted lanternflies…

Toronto’s historic Fairmont Royal York presents a suite of holiday programming with the annual tree lighting ceremony, debut of two new pop-up bars, and more  The Fairmont Royal York, Toronto’s iconic hotel, is pulling out all the stops this festive season as it transforms into a dazzling winter wonderland. With a host of enchanting experiences…

Leave it to the folks at Moon Curser to pull out all the stops for these special holiday offerings. The post #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions | Moon Curser Estate Winery | 🍷 Wine Advent Calendar with BONUS, 84hr FREE Shipping + more 🎁 from Moon Curser first appeared on My VanCity. Read #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift…

We will be launching our Winter Sale next week from November 21-30. The post Fort Berens Announces…2 New Wines & a Platinum Award first appeared on My VanCity. Read Fort Berens Announces…2 New Wines & a Platinum Award at MyVanCity

e Lavor et al. (2024) examined the relationship between physical behaviors and musculoskeletal pain in viticulture workers, particularly focusing on neck, upper back, and lower back pain. Using accelerometers, they measured workers’ physical activities—lying down, sitting, standing, and walking—during work and non-work hours. The results showed high pain prevalence: 60% had lower back pain, 52%…

Reading Time: 6 minutes When we moved to Arizona in 2000, most of our friends were dedicated Merlot fans.  Unfortunately, we found the wine to be flabby, simple and uninteresting, often due to the overcropping by many California wineries. All that changed on our first visit to Napa Valley when we came across a small…

We are now entering the time of year when we start to get fronts moving through Georgia. Ahead of the cold front our air gets warmer and moister and rain is likely to fall as the front approaches. After the cold front passes, we see colder temperatures and more sunshine. We are going to see…

Tonight’s red wine review is a lovely Côtes du Rhône-Villages from the Plan de Dieu appellation that arrived at the LCBO last month in the October 19th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. Like the 2018 Rémy Ferbras Terre de Mistral Plan de Dieu Côtes du Rhône-Villages I enjoyed a couple of years ago, this red…