Posted by winecase on Nov 20, 2009 in
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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 [...]
Tags: Canada, Canadian wine, Cave Spring, Creekside, Hidden Bench, Niagara, Ontario, Rick Van Sickle, Riesling, Spotlight Toronto, Suresh Doss, tasting, Thirty Bench, VQA, white wine, wine, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting
Posted by winecase on Oct 15, 2009 in
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I’d call that an auspicious sign. Just as I was heading to the vineyards of Prince Edward County to harvest chardonnay at Closson Chase, on Tuesday evening, the Ontario government came out with new rules governing VQA and Cellared in Canada wines.
These new rules give a push forward to VQA wines by introducing financial support – [...]
Tags: Cellared in Canada, Chardonnay, Closson Chase, government of Ontario, harvest, Prince Edward County, VQA, wine, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting
Posted by winecase on Sep 24, 2009 in
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A little oxydation can be a good thing, now and then. Not only for all these wonderful, “geeky” wines from Jura, as Eric Asimov points out in his New York Times column this week (where he rightly praises the Ganevat Trousseau as a great steak wine… but that’s another story). It can even be true [...]
Tags: 1995, Beamsville Bench, Canada, Cave Spring, Eric Asimov, Ganevat, icewine, Jura, New York Times, Niagara, Ontario, oxydation, Riesling, tasting, VQA, wine, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting