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3 things to find time for: Abby Rose’s incredibly informative interview with Chuck Schembre. It’ll have you pausing and rewinding every time your attention wanders here The Porto Protocol’s ‘Saving Every Drop in Wine’ Water Report. Over 200 pages of solutions, with costs and time scales. Just brilliant here Our blog on the impressive cover crop trials…

By Lidija Biro The Juice Wine Company held a fun event recently in Niagara for their partners and customers with a hands-on opportunity to wax dip bottles of the newly released 2025 wines. The new wine brand, which operates out of the Niagara Custom Crush Studio, was founded by owners Angela Aiello (marketing guru and…

After enjoying the lovely 2024 Urbanihof Classic Grüner Veltliner last month, tonight’s white wine review is another lovely, organic wine from the same producer that also made its debut at the LCBO recently and was featured in the thematic of the April 25th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Weingut Urbanihof, a…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Okanagan Spring in a Glass with pairing done right Three fresh releases, three spot-on food matches, this is Okanagan spring at its most enjoyable. At Quails’ Gate Winery, the 2025 vintage leans into what the region does best: bright fruit, clean acidity, and wines built for the table. The idea is…

Township 7 winemaker Mary McDermott The latest releases from Township 7 Vineyards & Winery provide into three different vintages: the outstanding 2022 and 2025 vintages and the less-heralded, but not to be overlooked 2023 vintage. The winery calls 2022 a year of extremes. “The weather was unpredictable, with an unusually cool spring (one of the…

In her mancozeb update (below), Katie Gold (Cornell University) has done a great job of providing a synopsis of the current mancozeb situation and the EPA’s activities and research efforts for mancozeb replacement, if necessary. Suffice it to say that it will likely be a matter of 2-3 years before any final decisions are made…

What Is Orange Wine? Orange wine is often misunderstood before it is even poured. The name does not refer to oranges, orange flavour, or citrus infusion. It refers only to the colour that can appear when white grapes are fermented with their skins. Even that colour can vary widely, from pale gold to deep amber.…

VineRoutes shifts its annual Top 20 Wineries release to June, aligning the influential list with Ontario’s peak wine tourism season VineRoutes will unveil its highly anticipated list of Ontario’s Top 20 Wineries for 2026 on June 2nd, marking a significant shift in how one of the province’s most influential wine guides is presented and utilized. Since…

Monday, April 27th: Tasted the following Strewn wines: Strewn Sparkling Blush (Charmat process) Equal parts Cabernet Franc and Riesling. Deep coppery-pink in colour; lightly floral nose of strawberries. Petillant, medium-bodied, dry, strawberry and yellow cherry flavours; well-balanced and easy drinking with a touch of sweetness in mid-palate. (89) Strewn Chardonnay 2025 (Niagara Peninsula) Pale straw…

Tonight’s wine reviews are a pair of delicious wines from Ukraine that made their debut at the LCBO in last month’s April 11 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. Both of these wines are produced by Bolgrad Winery, the No. 1 still-wine producing winery in Ukraine, as they produce 18% of the country’s still-wine production. Bolgrad…