Vintage Wine Tours in Niagara
As much as I love wine, I love good theatre too, so for the past two years, Colin and I have had a mini escape for a matinée at the […]
Striking gold at the All Canadian Wine Championships
I love reading the Awards list for the All Canadian Wine Championships .It felt like old home week, when I could catch up on old friends and see how well they are doing […]
It’s Nova 7 Time – across Canada!
V I discovered Benjamin Bridge Nova 7 when I visited Nova Scotia back in 2013, The friendly folks at Bishop’s Cellar, one of the province’s four private wine stores, described […]
Toasting the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival with Canadian wine
Golden Week is a wonderful time to visit Japan. It is a week of national holidays which includes Showa Day marking the birthday of former Emperor Showa, Constitution Day, Greenery […]
Nova Scotia Craft Ale Trails
Nova Scotia’s tradition of craft brewing dates back to 1820 when Alexander Keith opened one of the first breweries in British North America. Although Alexander Keith’s is now part of a much larger […]
Gewurz Eggs – Trius Winery
This was going to be my April Fool’s Blog about how Gewurztraminer wine is hatched from eggs. Several Prince Edward County Wineries make surprisingly good Gewurztraminer Lacey Estates, Sugarbush and […]
Gaspereau Vineyard’s Amazing Muscat
VQA regulations limit the use of hybrid grapes in Ontario wines sold through the LCBO even though the hybrids’ mix of European and Canadian grape varietals makes them very hardy and disease resistant. The […]
Golden wine at the rainbow’s end
Crunching themes of versatile winter whites, my favourite wines and Saint Patrick’s Day lead me to one special winery for Wine of the Week #11. Rosehall Run Winery in Prince Edward County, is where […]
Virtual winery’s debut white
l’Acadie grapes are a hardy white hybrid ideal for Nova Scotia’s climate. It is the backbone of most of the table wines, blends, and bubbly produced in the province. So incredibly […]
The Devil’s Wishbone Riesling
During this snowy March, 2014, I was reveling in beautiful white wines that live in my wine cellar full of memories of summer days and a lovely tastes. These are […]
Bergeron Estates Cab Franc
Suggested wine pairings rarely match with real family dinner favourites like Dad’s spicy Italian pasta sauce, Five Alarm chilli or Friday night pepper steak and chips. Connoisseurs’ favourites like Pinot […]
NS Icewine Festival wines
The Biva Scotia Icewine Festival is very weather dependant as Nova Scotia is prone to weekend blizzards. The following blog was written in 2014, I was highlighting all the wines being […]
Hinterland White Cap
What better way to celebrate any occasion than with a bottle of Bubbly Hinterland Winery is the leading sparkling wine producer in Prince Edward County specializing in both Traditional Method […]
Broken Stone Pinot Noir
This blog is one of a series I wrote in 2014, featuring a specific wine that I enjoyed at a local winery. This was written about Broken Stone Winery, a […]
Benjamin Bridge & Borealis Icewine
During the winter, as the wind howls and the temperature drops, I think of icewine, the best thing to come out of a Canadian winter. There are a lot of […]
Karlo Estates Van Alstine White
I usually talk about the winery experience but sometimes, there are spectacular wines deserve special mention. This is one of my favourite fortified white “port style” wines to finish a […]
L’Acadie Vineyard Prestige Brut
Back in 2014, I welcomed in the New Year with an internationally recognized sparkling wine made in Nova Scotia from one of my favourite wineries to visit. It’s a must […]
