LCBO Vintages May 1, 2010
byVintages Sat May 1/2010 THE LOW DOWN: Lacks the outstanding values of recent releases but there’s some good explorer wines. Such as a couple…
Wine Picks
Please try and have these wines in the recommended context. Wine pleasure is about a match of wine and mood.
Multi-tasking the Italian Way
byAfter several days of researching car tires, Kato gave me the good news that the best deal was not in Brampton but close to…
Billy’s Online Wine School
byLesson #9 ITALY’S RICH RED Italian families seldom drinks rich red wines. They keep the big hitters for weddings and other celebrations. We, however,…
Profit from Wine ‘Accidents’
byEvery time a delivery person, a vinter or wine distributor drops a case of wine and one bottle breaks, staining all the others, the…
Ontario Chardonnay Heads to England
byLondon, England is one of the trendsetting cities for wine. A good place to launch a brand, or region. A few decades ago, London’s…
A Billion Seller!
byWhat wine has sold over a billion bottles? Mateus, of course! What’s Mateus, you young-uns ask? A light, fresh, slightly fizzy Rosé wine from…
Damn Good Local Chards
byEvery day people tell me that they’ve stopped drinking Chardonnay. “Too rich, too oaky, too whatever.” Chardonnay has become the unfashionable white wine. Well,…
Billy Munnelly: Wine Maverick!
byCheck this out! The current spring edition of Watershed magazine features a smashing article about yours truly ““ written by Janet Davies, with photos…
LCBO Vintages Saturday April 17
byLCBO Vintages Saturday April 17th Release THE LOW DOWN: A few years ago I met the folks from Monte Del Ffra winery in Italy’s…