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In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My Van City, I am going to include a new one that will appear from time to time.  I’m calling it, ‘From the Cellar’. It will be similar to the wine reviews, except that it will feature wines…

Tonight’s white wine review is a delicious Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa that made its debut at the LCBO last month in the February 15 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection and is readily available for purchase across Ontario. It is produced by Alvi’s Drift Winery, a family-owned and award-winning winery that was founded in South…

Dark in color with a mild red berry nose … On the mid palate the wine displays lovely red cherry notes along with some mild chocolate notes. On the medium length finish the wine displays some vibrant acidity, and nice tannins … nice and dry. This is a pretty good cab sauv, I would give…

Here are my top wine picks from the March 15, 2025 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection, which features Sustainable Italian Wines as the main theme of the release, while the mini-theme looks at Stellar Stellenbosch. The release as a whole is very good with ninety-four products on offer at various price points, with all but…

Reading Time: 7 minutes How Popular is Cabernet Sauvignon Wine in British Columbia? Cabernet Sauvignon is BC’s third most popular red grape, representing 12% of the red wine grape crop. In which regions is Cabernet Sauvignon grown? Most BC Cabernet Sauvignon grows in Oliver, Osoyoos and the Similkameen Valley. There is a diversity of Cabernets…

I know that many of you have had questions concerning mancozeb use this year and moving forward. Katie Gold (Cornell University) reached out to Kelly Sherman with the Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division concerning mancozeb reregistration, and she did receive an informative e-mail response. There is still no specific answer relative the EPA actions concerning mancozeb use…

The restaurant will be featuring some Clos Cibonne wines on its upcoming Summer Menu. The post Provence Marinaside Features Clos Cibonne in Cellar Series Dinner first appeared on My VanCity. Read Provence Marinaside Features Clos Cibonne in Cellar Series Dinner at MyVanCity

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