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Here is another source of hourly weather forecasts for up to 6 days ahead from the National Weather Service. These hourly forecasts are something that you might find useful in planning your work week as well as watching for the possibility of frost next week. You can use your local television forecast or a smartphone…

Just outside of Athens, the earliest bud breaker at the Horticulture Research Farm, Lomanto, has broken bud. This is about a week earlier than usual where our last spring frost is often in mid April. While the start of a new season is always exciting, we are also at risk for damage from spring frosts…

“I never cook with anything I wouldn’t drink,” says Art. A pause for reflection and then he adds, “But then I drink anything.” Art and I are in a boat on Waterbury Lake in Northern Saskatchewan, about 200 kilometres from the Northwest Territories border. Our guide Rob is looking disgusted because we’re talking wine and…

By Rick VanSickle Steven Elphick, who made his impact on the Canadian wine industry through the lens of a camera, has passed away. Elphick, born in 1954 in Toronto, died Tuesday. “Steven Elphick was an artist — not with a brush or a pen, but a camera,” said wine writer Tony Aspler and winemaker Peter…

Really excellent webinar in collaboration with the Wine Society. Hosted by Becky Sykes with: Daniela Mezzatesta, Head of Research Development and Vineyard Sustainability at Terrazas de los Andes in Mendoza Kees Van Leeuwen of Bordeaux Sciences Agro (also editor in chief of Oeno One) Pepe Mendoza or Casa Agricola, Alicante in Spain Viticulture research supremo…

Tonight’s red wine review is the latest vintage of a terrific, vegan-friendly Xinomavro from Greece that arrived at the LCBO over the weekend in the March 7 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. Kir-Yianni is the producer of this lovely Greek red wine. The highly-regarded wine producer was founded in 1997 by Yiannis Boutaris, a legendary…

If you have not already applied herbicides in your vineyard it is definitely time to get started.  I know many grape growers control weeds with multiple applications of postemergence herbicides, leaning heavily on glyphosate. This is not something I recommend as it can lead to several issues and requires consider time and trips.  Multiple yearly…

By Peter Rod One night. 17 wines. All Merlot ranging from 2007 to 2020. Estimated value of well over $4,000. And only 90 minutes to enjoy them all. Sheesh. I’ve been teaching for over 20 years and one of the great injustices in the wine world is the time we allocate to assessing wine quality.…

With the 47th annual ⁠Vancouver International Wine Festival⁠ taking place March 7–14, 2026 and spotlighting France, Mike Klassen sits down with festival Executive Director Harry Hertscheg for a wide-ranging conversation about wine, culture, and the institutions that bring people together. Harry has led the Vancouver International Wine Festival for nearly 25 years, helping grow it into Canada’s premier wine…

Saturday, February 28th: Our old friend Barry Brown came to visit for a couple of nights. Barry is the founding president of the Spanish Wine Society in Toronto and he brought along an impressive array of Spanish foods purchased at Spanish Pig, 77 Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto – various pork products, cheese and canned fish,…