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For Father’s Day, tonight’s white wine review is a lovely Aligoté from Burgundy that arrives in Ontario about every three years, with the most recent vintage landing on shelves last weekend in the June 7th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Blason de Bourgogne, a collective of more than 200 families of…

The increasingly absolutist tone in anti-alcohol messaging from public health institutions in both Canada and the U.S. is a turnoff and just misleading Public health guidance should help people make informed decisions — not guilt them into fear. But lately, that balance feels off. In recent years, we’ve seen an intensifying campaign against alcohol use…

Reading Time: 6 minutes The All Canadian Wine Championships (ACWC)is an important national competition that highlights and promotes Canadian wines within the country. It is a key event for Canadian wineries seeking domestic recognition and prestige. Another successful ACWC was completed this month. Congratulations to all the medal winners, including Time Family of Wines for Best Sparkling Wine of the Year…

Photo: River Stone’s Ted Cane Few small wineries were as hard hit by the January 2024 freeze as River Stone Estate Winery, just north of Oliver. “After months of observation and analysis,” co-proprietor and winemaker Ted Kane wrote recently, “we concluded that not only did the freeze impact our entire crop from 2024, but there…

A brewery quietly redefining what it means to drink local – blending craft beer and sustainability on a restored heritage farmstead The small local beermakers that we classify as craft breweries can be discovered in a wide range of settings and locations. Their brewhouses and taprooms might be tucked away in industrial malls and mundane…

Photo: Tinhorn Creek’s Leandro Nossal Like most wineries in the Okanagan and Similkameen, the five B.C. wineries owned by Andrew Peller Ltd. had to source grapes from elsewhere. The hard freeze in January 2024 reduced the production from the interior vineyards to between 1% and 3% of normal. The Peller wineries that traditionally make VQA…

Fort Berens Estate Winery, located on a stunning site overlooking the Fraser River in Lillooet, has just released three Cabernet Franc wines, and I had the opportunity to sample two of them. While the winery offers almost two dozen different wines, it is fair to say that Cabernet Franc is their flagship red wine.  …

Inaugural event spotlights Canadian wine and pushes for urgent trade reform At a time when interprovincial trade barriers are firmly in the national spotlight, a new grassroots event in Toronto, organized by Therianthropy and The Living Vine, is bringing the conversation, and some of Canada’s top wines, to the public. For the first time, 28 of…

Cabernet Franc 3 Ways – Special Savings On Now We’re excited to share a special offer featuring Cabernet Franc three ways—a bold and expressive 6-pack that showcases one of the varietals we do best at Fort Berens. This curated pack includes a mix of our favourite Cabernet Franc wines, with incredible savings, on now through June…

By Rick VanSickle It can be a daunting task to keep on top of what wines are coming to LCBO Vintages stores, one of the largest retailers of booze in the world. Also in this Ontario Wine Report: Our Niagara picks from the June 21 Vintages release, including Westcott, Cloudsley, Tragically Hip and Flat Rock,…