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April 2025 Wine Selection This month’s curated collection from WineCollective White Wines Alma Serena Verdejo Bodegas Peñafiel  |  2023  |  Verdejo  |  Rueda, Spain Located in the heart of “The Golden Mile” in the Ribera del Duero region, Bodegas Peñafiel is well-known for its commitment to traditional winemaking methods and quality control. The winery controls…

Ahead of International Riesling Day, which is now less than a month away on March 13th, tonight’s white wine review is a lovely, vegan-friendly, and off-dry Riesling from Niagara-on-the-Lake that arrived at the LCBO in last month’s January 24th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. From the same producer as the excellent 2021 Kacaba Terraced Vineyard…

Kim Uncorked: Welcome to my weekly wine recommendation Hi, I’m Kim, a passionate lover of wine, food, and any experience that brings the two together! In this weekly blog post, I share my thoughts on a wine that I’ve recently purchased from one of our local independent wine merchants. If you’d like to know more…

Kung Hei Fat Choi! Wishing you happiness and prosperity in the Year of the Horse.   Haywire Winery marks the upcoming 2026 Lunar New Year with the release of its latest Lunar Red, continuing a tradition that began with the winery’s first Lunar New Year bottling in 2014. Created in collaboration with Vancouver’s Foo Hung…

What can you say about love that hasn’t already been said many times over? Love is constant and nourishing, very much like wine. This Valentines share a glass of wine with someone you love. Love, an intense feeling of deep affection.   Hester Creek 2021 OLD VINE BRUT WINE PROFILE Tasting Notes Defined and delicate…

From cellar-deep collections to tightly edited selections, these award-winning restaurants prove that the best wine lists are about intention, not just inventory A great wine list does more than offer choice. It communicates values. It reflects a restaurant’s philosophy, its relationship to producers, and its sense of place, with the confidence to guide rather than…

Tonight’s white wine review is a delicious, dry Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley that landed at the LCBO as a brand-new arrival in last month’s January 10 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Le Garenne, a modern and relatively new wine brand that was established around the beginning of the decade.…

A reminder that the most meaningful bottles aren’t meant to be saved forever—and that sometimes the moment is simply now There’s a good chance you have a few wine bottles tucked away somewhere safe, waiting patiently for the right moment. You saved them for a reason. Maybe they’re tied to a place, a person, or…

By Rick VanSickle Inside a hidden room at Brock’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute it is eerily silent but for the odd slurp, swish, gurgle and splash of spent wine hitting the spit bucket. It is here, on another chilly winter’s day in Niagara, that a newly formed tasting group is assessing the first…

This wine, Southbrook Chardonnay Estate 2023, was a Top 50 winner at Selections Mondiales des Vins this year Monday, February 2nd: Dinner tonight, chili con carne with Don David Malbec Reserve 2024 from Argentina. Tuesday, February 3rd: Dinner: pan-seared steak with Angus the Bull Cabernet Sauvignon 2024 from Central Victoria, Australia. Wednesday, February 4th: Dinner:…