A Regular Good Guy
byTHE QUEST FOR GOOD AFFORDABLE LOCAL WINES AT REGULAR LCBOs Most locals on LCBO shelves needs by nature to be supermarket-style: crowd-pleasing. There are…
August, 2017
Old School Chianti
byCHIANTI ““ ANOTHER OLD SCHOOl RED WINE I adore bone dry, light to medium-bodied red wine with a tart edge. Especially in the heat…
Old School Barbera
byBARBERA ““ RED WINE THE OLD WAY Italy is one of the last hold-outs when it comes to producing red wines in the traditional…
One More Rosé!
byOkay, I’ve been touting a lot of Rosés, but this one is just too good to ignore. Good as in elegant, semi-rich, and suggestive…
VALUE SUMMER PARTY/PATIO RED!
byTHE WORLD’S BEST VALUE SUMMER PARTY/PATIO RED! On the bottom shelf of my local LCBO sits an uninviting big bottle of Italian red. Surely…
BEST NEW WHITE WINE IS ALREADY HERE!
byIf winemakers worldwide were invited to submit entries for ‘the next best under-twenty white’ I’d be putting my money on Pecorino ““ a white…
ATTENTION SAUVIGNON FANS
byNederburg is a huge South African winery with little or no reputation, and dated labels. Easy to ignore. But it can be a mistake…
NIAGARA VINHO VERDE!
byA lot of us drink Vinho Verde in summer because it’s high on refreshment, and low in alcohol. And the feeling is fun ““…
REASONABLY PRICED LOCAL SUMMER RED
byFor many the word Cabernet suggest a big red wine, but it ain’t always so. Cabernet Franc for example often delivers a more medium-bodied…