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Tag Archives: Ontario
Ontario’s best rieslings: a collective tasting on Spotlight Toronto (and two extra tasting notes)
It’s nice when social media pushes the idea of social forward, encouraging collective thinking and group efforts. Like this Ontario riesling project that was proposed to a small group of wine writers and professionals by Rick Van Sickle, of the St Catharines Standard, and Suresh Doss, of Spotlight Toronto.
Six writers, including this guy who does [...]
Posted in Canada, Canadian wine, Niagara, Riesling, VQA, tasting, white wine, wine Also tagged Cave Spring, Creekside, Hidden Bench, Rick Van Sickle, Riesling, Spotlight Toronto, Suresh Doss, Thirty Bench, VQA 1 Comment
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, Niagara, Norman Hardie, Prince Edward County, red wine, Southbrook Vineyards, tasting, Triomphe, white wine Leave a comment
Canadians Love Wine More
While beer remains the alcoholic drink of choice of Canadians, wine has been gaining consistently over the last ten years, according to the latest figures from Statistic Canada. Between 1997 and 2007, the market share for beer has gone down from 52% to 47%, while wine increased its share from 21% to 28% (spirits went [...]
Posted in Canada, Quebec, Wine sales Also tagged beer, British Columbia, red wine, Statistic Canada, wine, wine consumption per capita Leave a comment
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A case of Canadian wine on Palate Press – and thoughts on the Canadian Wine brand