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Tag Archives: Mission Hill
Cellared in Canada: big bottlers move to stem growing outrage
Over the last few weeks, pressure had been building nationally and internationally, concerning the deceptive Cellared in Canada wines. These inexpensive bottles, made by the country’s major wine bottlers, give a Canadian aura to blends made totally (or almost) from foreign wine brought in bulk to this country from Chile, Australia or elsewhere.
Last month, articles [...]
Posted in British Columbia, Canadian wine, Cellared in Canada, LCBO, Ontario, wine, wine trade Also tagged 2010 Olympics, Andrew Peller, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, Jancis Robinson, Rich Coleman, Seaton McLean, Vincor 11 Comments
Canadian Icewine: Quality and Diversity from Coast to Coast
I used to love Canadian Icewine and its less expensive, but often quite as tasty counterpart, the late harvest. And then, for some odd reason, I practically stopped having it.
Over the last few months, however, I drank icewines from Ontario, British Columbia, Québec and Nova Scotia. And baby, I’m back.
Those were fine, fine wines, with [...]
Posted in British Columbia, Canadian wine, Niagara, Ontario, Quebec, dessert wines, tasting, wine Also tagged Benjamin Bridge, Borealis, icewine, Inniskillin, Niagara Peninsula, Nova Scotia, Okanagan Valley, Riesling, Vidal, Vignoble du Marathonien 3 Comments
A look at the 2008 Canadian Wine Annual (the good and the bad)
A few days ago, I grabbed a copy of Wine Access magazine’s Canadian Wine Annual for 2008 at my neighborhood news stand. It is a great reference about all that is wine (and fruit wine, and cider, etc.) in Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia, and everywhere in between. Some 393 wineries are listed, with [...]
Posted in British Columbia, Canada, Canadian wine, Ontario, Quebec, producers, wine trade, wineries Also tagged Anthony Gismondi, Canadian Wine Annual, Canadian Wine Awards, Cellared in Canada, Hidden Bench, Jancis Robinson, Jim Tobler, VQA, Wine Access Leave a comment
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SAQ goes into Olympic mode: a showcase for Okanagan wines in Quebec (and a podcast of sorts)