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Tonight’s white wine review is an excellent Malagouzia from Greece. It arrived at the LCBO over the weekend and is featured as a Hand-Picked Gift in the August 24 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Alpha Estate, a winery that was established in 1997 by Makis Mavridis, an experienced viticulturist, and Angelos…

By Rick VanSickle It has been said that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and maybe that is true for wine and cider maker Zoe Marshall Nares. As co-founder and co-owner of both Stoss Lee Wines and Stock and Row Cider in Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, I can see a lot of Zoe…

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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 much like the wine reviews, except that it will feature wines…

Tonight’s red wine review is a lovely organic Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore from the Valpantena Valley in Veneto that arrived at the LCBO today in the August 24th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Azienda Agricola Tezza, a winery that was established by the Tezza family in 1960. Since the beginning, the family…

This is the first release since the end of the LCBO strike, and features wines that were originally supposed to be released on Aug. 10th, but are now part of the August 24, 2024 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It’s a big release with more than 140 wines offered, while the theme of the release…

Tod Stewart’s second instalment of his series of “gin-nettes” that highlight notable gins and the events staged to promote them A sultry twilight haze blanketed Toronto’s historic Casa Loma as the summer’s first “heat event” enveloped the city. I had originally planned to avail myself of public transit to make it to the venue (I…

Amelia Lyons walking between vines during her time as a UGA Winegrower Intern at Stonewall Creek in 2023. Photo by Chamberlain Smith Read More

By Rick VanSickle An Ontario wine writer, who I am not naming here, reached out to PECWine recently to see if they would send a letter to its members in Prince Edward County pitching a pay-for-play package for wine reviews and other features. This is the letter (with subtle editing to hide the identity of…

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