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After enjoying the excellent 2023 Kir-Yianni Le Nord Assyrtiko last year, tonight’s white wine review is the latest vintage of this terrific, vegan wine that arrived at the LCBO as part of the feature story on Outdoor Dining in the May 24th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by the renowned Greek winery,…

Tuesday, June 4th: Dinner at Stephen Cambell’s home – an item in the Grapes for Humanity auction item. All Pinot Noir – all the way, introduced by Thomas Bachelder (Le Clos winemaker) and Stephen. The wines: Domaine Le Clos Jordanne Blanc de Noirs S.V. Twenty-Mile Bench VQA 2020 (the first sparkling wine of Le Clos…

Exploring sake’s evolution, culture, and craft through the insights of one of the world’s foremost sake authorities Is it food or is it art? Do I eat it or admire it? The dinner – crafted by Yuji Sugiyama, the young but incredibly talented personal chef to Matsunaga Takeshi (Consul-General of Japan in Toronto) – attained…

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…

Photo: SpearHead’s Dual Citizen lineup One concern among Okanagan and Similkameen wineries is whether the consumer boycott of American products will extend to the 2024 wines made with Washington, Oregon and California grapes. Many wineries turned to growers in those states after the devastating January 2024 freeze wiped out about 97% of vineyard production in…

Here are my top wine picks from the June 7, 2025 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection (flipbook here). Like the first release last June, this release focuses on Rosé wines. It is not a big release with only 78 products offered. However, just over one-third of the wines are on the recommended list, and all…

Tonight’s white wine review is a sustainable, vegan, off-dry, and delicious Pinot Grigio that was crafted with some skin contact to give the wine its pretty copper-orange-pinkish colour. This white wine arrived at the LCBO a couple of weeks ago in the May 24 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection as part of the feature on…

We had this one at the Keg. Since the ban on the Californian wines started the Keg seems to have been very slow to expand their selection of wines. Luckily this one was on the list, $33.50 at the winery, or $56 at the Keg, so not a horrible markup. Dark in color with nice…