Tag: LCBO

Cigar Box Old Vine Pinot Noir 2022

Quick Review: Chile’s Cigar Box Old Vine Pinot Noir 2022PR SAMPLE 

 mywinepal  October 31, 2023

This is a new wine to me.  I am usually quite familiar with the wines of Chile.  Cigar Box Pinot Noir comes from the cooler Casablanca Valley, made by the Sur Andino winery.  The Casablanca Valley is located 75 km northwest of Santiago, Chile and is approximately at 33 degrees south latitude, which if it was in the northern hemisphere…

Saintly, the good rosé and the good sparkling rosé 2021

Two Rosé Saintly Wines Are Candidates for Valentine’s Day

 mywinepal  January 18, 2023

Are you a saint? Maybe in January, starting off the New Year. But whether you are or not, and want to enjoy some fun rose wines, then Saintly Wines may be on your radar. I received these two rose wines which are made by Okanagan’s Saintly Wines to review. I have the Saintly, the good rosé 2021 and the Saintly,…

Trinity Hill The Trinity Hawke’s Bay Red Blend 2021

Trinity Hill The Trinity Hawke’s Bay Red Blend 2021

 Yvonne Lorkin  July 4, 2022

Trinity Hill The Trinity Hawke’s Bay Red Blend 2021 (ON $19.95) This saucy blend of merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot is inky and magenta-black as it pours. Then sink your schnozz deep into the glass, and inhale like the life of your lungs depends on it. It is SO delicious! Perfumed with bay leaf, tobacco, blackberry, and…

Boutique Food and Wines for You from FoodiePages.ca

 mywinepal  July 12, 2013  1 Comment on Boutique Food and Wines for You from FoodiePages.ca

People are more concerned about where their food is coming from than ever before.  The big push in the past was to get food trucked or flown in from around the world at the lowest price, but now people are looking for as local as possible, and from smaller producers who they can connect with either at a farmer’s market,…