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By Rick VanSickle Welcome to the 17th edition of Wines in Niagara’s Most Thrilling Red and White wines of 2025. It has become a Boxing Day tradition, a tribute to winemaking at the highest level in the Niagara peninsula, celebrated by naming the 10 most thrilling white wines and 10 most thrilling red wines tasted…

Photo: Winemaker Mark Hopley Hester Creek Estate Winery has just added a Super Tuscan red blend to its family of ultra-premium Bordeaux red blends. That family already includes The Judge and Garland. The former is built around Merlot and Cabernet Franc while the latter is anchored with Cabernet Sauvignon. It is perhaps coincidental that the…

Tonight’s red wine review is the latest vintage of this terrific Côtes du Rhône-Villages that arrived at the LCBO in last month’s November 22 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. This red wine is produced by Rémy Ferbras at Grandes Serres. Rémy Ferbras is a wine brand anchored in the Southern Rhône Valley, in the heart…

As 2025 slowly comes to an end, it is once again time to pause, look back on the year behind us, and raise a glass to the one ahead. The end of the year is a great moment for reflection, a time to review the past season, learn from it, and prepare for what comes…

By Wines in Niagara Wines in Niagara wishes all its readers and advertisers a Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays, however you celebrate and wherever you are. Looking back at the year that was, Ontario wineries enjoyed one of its most successful years on record for selling VQA wines at the biggest retailer available…

Monday, December 15th: Tasted Hester Creek Undici 2022, an Okanagan Valley salute to Super-Tuscan blends: 61% Sangiovese, 19% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Malbec. Dense purple-ruby in colour; toasty, vanilla and blackberry bouquet; full-bodied, dry, richly extracted, spicy and savoury plum and currant flavours carried on lively acidity. (Undici is Italian for…

“In this series we bring you our #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions which we personally recommend” The Arboleda Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is available exclusively at BC Liquor Stores. That’s handy for all you last minute wne shoppers. This good value red is bound to be a pleasing addition to your holiday festivities. A full-bodied flavourful wine…

For your entertaiiing pleasure we suggest a full bodied wine. The post #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions | Pepperjack Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 first appeared on My VanCity.

Tonight’s red wine review is a delicious, organic, and unoaked Montepulciano from Abruzzo that made its debut at the LCBO in last month’s November 22nd LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Umani Ronchi, a leading wine producer that was founded by Gino Umani Ronchi within the comune of Cupramontana, in the heart…

Prestige, quality in every detail! The post #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions | Mionetto Prosecco Brut first appeared on My VanCity.