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By Rick VanSickle It just isn’t easy making wine on the margins in Ontario but when winemakers get it right, it can be a magical experience. My wife Maureen and I travelled to Prince Edward County and the Ottawa Valley recently with not nearly enough time for a deep dive into the many wineries we…

Wines of note tasted this week: Malivoire Courtney Gamay 2024 (Beamsville Bench, October Vintages release, $34.95; $35 at the winery) Deep ruby in colour; lightly cedary, cherry bouquet; medium-bodied, dry, richly extracted cherry flavour with fresh acidity; firmly structured and beautifully balanced; great length. (91) Malivoire Rose Moira 2023 (Beamsville Bench, winery only, $28) 100%…

Tonight’s white wine review is a delicious blend of Grenache Blanc and Viognier from the Rhône wine region of France. It made its debut at the LCBO in the recent August 24th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection and is widely available across Ontario right now. It is produced by Maison LAVAU, a winery that was…

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Here’s my top wine picks from the Online & Flagship Exclusives (OFE) section of the August 24, 2024 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. There are more than 40 wines listed as OFEs, and as is typical of the category, nearly all the wines are priced north of $20. All the wines should be readily available…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Fall View There is nothing quite like a spur-of-the-moment Winery lunch when you live in wine country. It was a cloudy day on our first visit, but this didn’t stop our enthusiasm for a wine tasting at Arrowleaf Cellars. The Lake Country winery is in a picturesque spot with stunning grounds…

The latest 7-day QPF forecast (Quantitative Precipitation Forecast) for rainfall in the next 7 days shows that we are returning to a rainier state over the next week after a slow increase in drought conditions for the past couple of weeks. A pair of fronts are supposed to move through the area this weekend, bringing…

By Rick VanSickle With harvest underway in Niagara, there’s a more concerning issue on the minds of grape growers in Niagara — another looming surplus. The over-supply of grapes in the region is heading for the largest glut since 2009, eclipsing the surplus of last year and prompting concern from the industry. In 2009, about…