Senhora Do Convento Wine Tasting

Last month, I had the pleasure of tasting the wines of Senhora Do Convento with Donald Ziraldo and his Victoria. Included in this tasting were 3 red table wines, followed by a Ruby Port and Tawny Port (both of which are readily available at the LCBO). We ended the casual walk-around tasting with a pair of aged Tawny Ports, followed by a pair of Vintage Ports. Fine Port...

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Dominio de Tares Cepas Viejas Mencía 2011 (Spain) - Wine Review

Tonight's wine is a sneak preview of a wine that will be in the LCBO in a couple of weeks as part of the October 17 VINTAGES Release. Dominio de Tares is located in El Bierzo, within the province of León in the northwestern part of Spain, just north of Portugal. The estate is surrounded by top quality vineyards with plantings of indigenous varietals, the majority being Mencia...

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VINTAGES Release October 3: Bordeaux + Spain + Thanksgiving

The main theme from the October 3, 2015 VINTAGES Release is on wines from Bordeaux, while mini-themes feature premium-priced wines from Spain, and wines for Thanksgiving Day celebrations. All of these wines will be on LCBO shelves across Ontario this coming Saturday. Generally speaking, the wines from the Bordeaux feature were all quite good, however, it was difficult to...

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San Raffaele Monte Tabor Pinot Grigio 2014 (Veneto) - Wine Review

Tonight's wine is an organic wine that will be in stores as part of the October 17th LCBO VINTAGES release. Monte Tabor has been cultivating vines organically since 1970. In 2006, Monte Tabor began managing another 50 hectares of Soave vineyards in Illasi. Today, viticulturalists and oenologists collaborate on the production of organic wines from these vineyards with the...

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LCBO VINTAGES Release September 19: Ontario Wine

The September 19 VINTAGES Release will be on LCBO shelves this coming Saturday. This release coincides with the Ontario wine harvest season and, as such, the major theme of this release is Ontario wine. There is a mini-theme in this release, but it is a rather poor collection of wines from "The Oher Side of Europe". Countries featured include Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary,...

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La Ferme Du Mont 2015 Tasting with Stéphane Vedeau

On a fine day in July, I had the pleasure of tasting the wines of La Ferme Du Mont with the talented Stéphane Vedeau. This was my second tasting with Mr. Vedeau, as I had previously tasted his wines at a similar event in 2013. I was curious to learn about and taste his latest wines and see how they differed (if at all) compared to the wines tasted a couple of years ago. Many...

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Colio Méthode Cuve Close Lily Sparkling (Ontario) - Wine Review

After spending the whole day outdoors under a beaming sun at The Ex, it was nice to come home in the evening and open this chilled bubbly. Tonight's wine is a nice sparkling wine that you will enjoy if you prefer your bubbly with some sweetness. This wine has been continuously produced by Colio Estate Wines since 1996, with the initial bottling having a Calla Lily printed...

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