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Tag Archives: Niagara
A case of Canadian wine on Palate Press – and thoughts on the Canadian Wine brand
Busy week on the blogging front for me, as I contributed a sizeable article on Canadian wines for Palate Press, and started The Food Case, the companion food blog to The Wine Case. And that’s not counting the amount of tinkering involved from moving The Wine Case to its new winecase.ca address. Energy-consuming, for sure, [...]
Posted in Canada, Canadian wine, United States, wine and food, wine blog, wine trade Also tagged 13th Street Winery, British Columbia, dry wines, EnRoute, Et Ceteras White, icewine, Meritage, Nova Scotia, Okanagan, Ontario, Palate Press, Quebec, Ravine vineyard, Southbrook Vineyards, Triomphe Merlot Leave a comment
EnRoute in the vineyards of Canada
Since last spring, I had been impatiently waiting for the publication of an article on Canadian wines in EnRoute, Air Canada’s on-board magazine. I had reason enough to be impatient, since I started working on that project all the way back in January.
The article showcases six Canadian winemakers (plus five tasting notes of wines from [...]
Posted in British Columbia, Canada, Canadian wine, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, wine Also tagged Canadian wine, EnRoute, Okanagan Valley, Prince Edward County 2 Comments
Tasting note : three wines from Ontario (Niagara and Prince Edward County)
Every time I go on vacation in Ontario, I quickly head to the LCBO to get my hands on some local wines. Since I started writing about wine, about 12 years ago – a column on Canadian wines and spirits for a magazine -, I’ve always been interested in finding out more about the wines [...]
Posted in wine Also tagged Lailey Vineyards, Norman Hardie, Ontario, Prince Edward County, red wine, Southbrook Vineyards, tasting, Triomphe, white wine Leave a comment
Tasting Note: Two viogniers from the North
If you’ve had wines made from the viognier grape, there is a very good chance that they came from warm, if not hot climates, and exploded with aromas and flavors of tropical fruit, over a rich, luscious mouthfeel. Acidity, crispness, freshness? Not so much.
Yet there is another way to make viognier. A more northerly way, [...]
Posted in British Columbia, Canada, Canadian wine, Ontario, tasting, white wine Also tagged Château des Charmes, Jackson-Triggs, Okanagan, Okanagan Estate, Peay vineyards, St Davids Bench vineyard, viognier 5 Comments


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