Posted by winecase on Dec 6, 2009 in
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Creekside is one interesting winery. They can make some very straightforward, accessible wines with a great quality-price ratio, as shown not only by their Estate series of wines (like that nice, pepper-strawberry driven shiraz), but also by the 60,000 some odd cases the same winemaking team makes for No. 99 Estates Winery, generally known as [...]
Tags: 2004 Lost Barrel, Canadian wine, Close plant riesling, Creekside Estate Winery, muscat, Niagara, No. 99 Estates Winery, Ontario, producers, Reserve pinot gris, sauvignon blanc, tasting, Undercurrents, Wayne Gretzky, white wine, wine, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting, winemaking
Posted by winecase on Nov 20, 2009 in
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Wine & Beer,
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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