Tag: Ontario

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, this Riesling is everything you want on a hot summer day it’s crisp, high acid and low alcohol; plus the…

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. It’s a hot pink Rosé with notes of juicy red berry jolly ranchers with lots of crispness. Fermented wild, aged…

Flat Rock Cellars Riesling 2018 (ON $16.15 on sale) There are fewer dinners more delightful than Thai and Riesling, am I right? Now, I usually go for German Rieslings when it comes to spicy food pairings, but seeing as how I recently polished off the last of my case of Weingut Gunderloch, I reached for something local to pair with…

By Chadsey Cairns Rubenesque Rosé 2019 (ON $) Another VQA beauty here By Chadsey Cairns Rubenesque Rosé 2019 – perfect with spicy foods, insightful yoga books, or a patio – take your pick! First off, the colour on this is striking. Made from Gamay Noir and Muscat Ottonel, this rosé has aromas of strawberries, rhubarb and lilacs. It has a…

Rosewood Estates Winery PTG 2020 (ON $25) Rosewood Estates Winery does it again with this very chuggable red blend, PTG and it’s chillable too, which makes it perfect for the patio or a park hangout. (and lucky for us in Ontario, it’s finally the season for it.)  Notes of juicy raspberries, strawberries, red plums, tomato leaf, oregano, and sun-dried tomato…

Closson Chase Churchside Chardonnay, Prince Edward County 2018 (ON $50) Now, I’m not an ABC-er (Anything But Chardonnay), but oaked Chardonnay just never has been my go-to. However, my mind might be changed now. I was making veggie poutine last night AND craving a white wine. I knew that an oaked Chardonnay would be the perfect match for the roasted…

Karlo Estates Winery Estate Pinot Noir 2018 (ON $48) What better way to start the week than with a lovely Pinot Noir. This is an Ontario beauty from Karlo Estates Winery in Prince Edward County, also a winery that is North America’s first vegan-certified winery. In this gorgeous wine, I got so many traditional Pinot Noir notes like red cherries,…

Wine and cheese pairings are great for holiday entertaining and when you want to enjoy by yourself. Today I have two VQA wines, one from BC, and one from Ontario, that I am pairing with a limited edition collectable box containing 3 artisinal “Entertaining Cheeses” provided to me by Saputo.  The two wines are the Gold Hill Winery Syrah 2016…

This is my third year interviewing winemakers in Ontario about their latest grape harvest and wine production.  To get a more complete picture of the harvest I asked the following questions to three winemakers in three different grape growing regions of southern Ontario, which should have some differences in climate and harvest.  But this year was a little different as…

This is my second year interviewing winemakers in Ontario about their latest grape harvest and wine production.  To get a more complete picture of the harvest I asked the following questions to three winemakers in three different grape growing regions of southern Ontario, which should have some differences in climate and harvest.  The three winemakers I interviewed this year are:…