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From destination dining and cocktail culture to winery lunches and Valley escapes, these places in Nova Scotia are worth planning a trip around I never seem to leave Halifax with the same list I arrived with. A bartender points me toward dinner. A sommelier suggests a nightcap. Someone a few seats down at the bar…

In a 2026 study published in Field Crops Research based on Mediterranean rainfed vineyards, the authors found that roller-crimping cover crops improved soil cover, vine water status, yield (in wetter conditions), and mycorrhizal colonization without affecting grape quality, while seasonal climate was the dominant driver of fungal diversity. Headline Findings: Roller-crimping cover crops (instead of…

Canavera et al. (2026, Environmental Microbiome), Piacenza (Italy), found that cover crop–derived under-vine mulching in a non-irrigated vineyard significantly increased rhizosphere and phyllosphere microbial diversity while improving soil conditions and reducing pathogen pressure. Headline Findings: Increases microbial diversity in soil and plant-associated communities Shifts microbial community composition toward a more complex, balanced ecosystem Improves soil–plant…

By Lidija Biro How do you choose a bottle of wine? By price, by region, by an interesting name or label, or are you looking for wine made sustainably? Wines made in the Niagara Peninsula are part of an economic supercluster, generating over $1 billion for the provincial GDP and creating thousands of jobs across…

Reading Time: 3 minutes While River Stone’s Good Neighbours wines have captured much of the spotlight over the past two vintages, the winery’s 2022 Small Lot Merlot serves as a reminder of the quality that has long defined its estate-grown red wines. Produced from fruit grown at River Stone’s River Rock Vineyard in Oliver, this…

The Crush winemakers (see Saturday) Monday, June 8th: Tasted six wines from Hester Creek from Oliver, BC. Hester Creek Ti Amo 2025 A blend of Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Muscat. Pale straw-ivory in colour with a gentle mousse of fine bubbles; aromatic nose of melon and peach with a tangerine notes; light-bodied, dry, easy drinking,…

Tonight’s white wine review is a lovely blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Gros Manseng from Southwest France, that is a brand new arrival at the LCBO, landing in Ontario as part of last weekend’s LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection on June 6th. Like the delicious 2022 Maison Fontan Tattoo T&M Rouge I tasted in December,…

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…

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…

Tonight’s sparkling wine review is a beautiful bubbly that was locally crafted in Niagara using the traditional method. It returned to the LCBO in last weekend’s June 6th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Jackson-Triggs, one of Canada’s most recognizable wine brands. It was established as a wine brand in 1993 by…