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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…

At the end of April, Arterra Wines Canada held their quarterly tasting for the media at their head office in Mississauga, Ontario. This was my first “The Quarterly Pour” tasting, and it featured a curated lineup of estate-driven and milestone wines, along with a few lifestyle-led selections from their Better for You portfolio. All the…

Once eclipsed by red wines, Bordeaux’s dry whites are finding fresh momentum thanks to climate-conscious innovation, artisanal producers, and unbeatable value None of us were around when the Dutch drained the Medoc swampland in the mid to late 1600s, but today, the world is reaping the benefits of their hard work. While the Medoc region…

Thompson Egbo-Egbo at the piano Niagara College Dean’s List Viognier 2024 Bright, white gold in colour; fresh, honeysuckle and peach bouquet; full-bodied, just off dry; rich mouth feel; spicy, peach, guava and apricot flavours. (90) Niagara College Dean’s List Merlot 2023 Deep purple colour; cedary, blackberry and black plum bouquet with vanilla oak notes; full-bodied,…

For tonight’s rosé wine review, I sip local with this delicious, just-off-dry Cabernet-Gamay blend from Niagara that was featured as part of the theme on food-friendly rosé wines in the June 7 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Niagara’s own Featherstone Estate Winery. This eco-friendly winery was established in the Twenty Mile…

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Reading Time: 4 minutes River Stone Winery will release two new wines from the Good Neighbour Series on June 27, 2025, International Rosé Day. In 2024, unprecedented weather challenges prevented their estate vines from bearing fruit. Undeterred, the Good Neighbours Series blends the exceptional terroir of their southern partners with River Stone’s signature fruit-forward, balanced…

Here are my top wine picks from the June 21, 2025 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection (flipbook here), where the feature story of the release focuses on Summery White Wines. Also included in this release is a mini-feature of three wines from Campania, as well as a new batch of Online & Flagship Exclusives (OFE).…