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Carmelo Giardina and Alana Lapierre profile the country’s top performing wine regions and guide you to the wines and wineries leading the way Among Canada’s winegrowing regions and grape varieties beloved by our readers—and explored in depth by our editors and contributors each year—a select few have emerged with consistent track records of excellence, particularly…

While in Nova Scotia I had a chance to try one of their local wines at a restaurant and was impressed. Pale straw in color with a nice citrus nose. On the mid palate the wine displays some vibrant green apple tartness. On the medium length finish the wine displays lovely vibrant acidity that dances…

Ontario Craft Wineries (OCW) announced today the appointment of Norm Beal as its incoming Chair of the Board of Directors. As president and founder of Peninsula Ridge Estates Winery, Beal  (below) has taken a leadership role in Ontario’s VQA wine sector for over two decades. OCW extended its sincere thanks to Carolyn Hurst (Westcott Vineyards,…

The opportunity to taste the newly relaunched wines alongside the winemakers themselves. The post Roots & Resilience Wines Crafted in B.C. | Sandhill Estate Winery first appeared on My VanCity. Read Roots & Resilience Wines Crafted in B.C. | Sandhill Estate Winery at MyVanCity

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Photo: Mohan Gill The new 2024 releases from Bordertown Cider & Winery in Osoyoos will take consumers by surprise: the three whites coming to market are all VQA wines, meaning they were made with Okanagan fruit, not imported grapes. Most of the vineyards supporting Mohan Gill’s Bordertown are close to Osoyoos Lake. During the January…

In keeping with the recent trend of sipping only whites and rosés, tonight’s white wine review is a lovely, sustainably crafted Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc from the Waipara Valley in North Canterbury, New Zealand. This white wine arrived at the LCBO earlier this month in the June 7 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is…

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By Rick VanSickle Cory Mio is obsessed by two things — grape clones and the creepy/weird things he unearths in his Beamsville vineyard. Also in this Canadian wine report: New Chardonnays from Westcott Vineyards, B.C.’s Hester Creek coming to the LCBO, and our picks from the Niagara wines coming to Vintages July 6, including Cloudsley…

This is another Super Tuscan, or IGT that get’s to skirt the laws on min Sangiovese percentages and is in fact 50% sangiovese and 50% merlot. Dark in color with a mild nose. On the mid palate the wine delivers some beautiful rich tomato notes, in line with it’s Sangiovese backbone along with some nice…