Leaning Post Wines Petillant Naturel 2020 (ON $25) Pét Nats can be a hit or a miss, but here’s my trick to enjoying them almost every time… If your mind is thinking “I want wine”, then maybe don’t reach for…
Leaning Post Wines Petillant Naturel 2020
Month: July 2021
Family-Friendly BC Wineries This Summer
Do any BC wineries offer special activities and accommodations for children? While adults sample the latest BC vintages, are there things for children to do like have fun tasting grape juice, frolicking in play areas, visiting with farm animals, and…
Buy Poplar Grove Lakeview Rosé 2020 to Help the BCHF and Enjoy With BBQ
Do you think that a Rose wine can pair with BBQ pork ribs, cornbread, and slaw? I put the Poplar Grove Lakeview Rosé 2020 to the test. It is a blend of 81% Merlot and 19% Malbec made in the…
Grange of Prince Edward 2013 County Crémant
Grange of Prince Edward 2013 County Crémant (ON $38) Today I wanted to highlight a beautiful sparkling wine from Prince Edward County, Ontario. Grange of Prince Edward’s 2013 County Crémant – becomes sometimes midweek just calls for bubbles. Am I…
Burrowing Owl Vineyards Ltd. Purchases Wild Goose Estate Vineyards & Winery Inc.
Winery mergers are expected in BC. We have many smaller wineries that started up many years ago, and now the winery principals are retiring or wanting to grow their winery even larger. With the limited land base we have for…
3 Cool Summer Cocktails with Cabot Trail Maple Cream
I enjoy drinking Cabot Trail Maple Cream with my coffee over the winter, but the Maple Cream can also be used to make cool cocktails in the summer. I received these three cocktail recipes from the Ungava Spirits distillery to share…
2 Delicious Cabernet Franc Wines from Gold Hill Winery
Expect the unexpected. That is a good motto when you taste wine. You don’t know sometimes if a wine will be OK to drink or if it will be exceptional, at any price point. Today I opened two bottles from…
Two Concrete and Amphora Aged Red Wines, Pinot Noir and Malbec, from Okanagan Crush Pad
This summer has gone haywire with all the forest fires. I hope they get under control soon. But Haywire wine is something we can all enjoy now. I received a bottle of Okanagan Crush Pad‘s Haywire Garnet Valley Ranch Pinot…
Charles Baker Riesling 2019 in a Can!
Charles Baker Riesling 2019 (ON $27.60 4 pack) Once in a blue moon, you just want a single serving of wine, it’s true but that’s exactly when gems like this Charles Baker Riesling come in handy. In association with Stratus,…
Rosewood Estates Winery Flora Rosé 2020
Rosewood Estates Winery Flora Rosé 2020 (ON $20) Crushable, chuggable, porch pounder, glouglou, whatever you want to call it – this is it! Rosewood’s 2020 Flora is a blend of 52% Cabernet Franc and 48% Gamay Noir from Beamsville, Ontario.…