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By Wines in Niagara It’s nearing last call for consumers to enjoy the 13% holiday tax break on VQA wines provincewide. Check your favourite Ontario wineries as they race to the finish line where significant savings on your favourite wines have been enjoyed since Dec. 14. The last day to enjoy the savings is Feb.…

The Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc is a group of nearly 120 winegrowers. The post The Crus Bourgeois du Médoc: discover the 2025 classification first appeared on My VanCity. Read The Crus Bourgeois du Médoc: discover the 2025 classification at MyVanCity

Celebrating Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, or cozying up for a quiet evening alone at home on February 14th? Here are a few wine recommendations to treat yourself or that special someone in your life. All three wines are versatile enough that they can be enjoyed on their own, or paired with food at the dinner…

Vinequity’s Grapes & Growth program is breaking barriers in the wine industry, offering immersive education in viticulture and winemaking for BIPOC professionals. Through mentorships, hands-on experiences, and industry connections, this initiative is paving the way for a more inclusive future in Canadian wine An editorial by Beverly Crandon With 30 percent of the population identifying…

Saturday, February 1st: Since the world is going to hell in a Trump basket, I decided enough with no wine with muscle relaxant pills. So, I gave up the pills and tasted, with a hamburger, Marynissen Merlot 2021 (Niagara Peninsula): Deep purple-ruby in colour; cedary, plum bouquet with oak spice; medium-bodied, dry, plum and black…

“hey you’re going to learn to enjoy nice wine because once you try nice quality wine it is going to be tough to go back” The post In Conversation with Carson O’Connor – Wine Ambassador at Booker Wines first appeared on My VanCity. Read In Conversation with Carson O’Connor – Wine Ambassador at Booker Wines…

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 aged…

By Rick VanSickle It was fascinating to get an up-close look at the aging process for Niagara Chardonnays over a five-year period from the same vineyard made by the same winemaking team. That’s exactly what we did over a few hours recently at Niagara’s Lailey Winery as we evaluated the drinking widow (and potential window)…

Dark in color with a nice black berry nose. On the mid palate the wine displays some nice soft black fruits, blueberries and the like. On the medium length finish, especially straight out of the bottle, there are some strong peppery notes along with some smoother tannins and acidity. This is more of an elegant…

Photo: Label of the first Old Vines Foch wine A year or two ago, I suggested to Quails’ Gate Estate Winery president Tony Stewart that he should consider replacing the Maréchal Foch in the winery’s Osoyoos vineyard with a vinifera red (like Cabernet Franc) which arguably produces better wine. In view of the damage suffered…