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Notes from Harvest at Closson Chase: decisions, decisions…
on Oct 26, 2009 in Canadian wine Ontario chardonnay harvest wine cellar Closson Chase Dargaud et Jaegle Deborah Paskus oak barrels winemaking I know I was supposed to write more about the harvest I took part in at Closson Chase, last week, but you know what? That stuff was tiring. For a guy my height (6′4″), picking low-lying grapes for several hours is rather tough on the knee...
Tasting Note: Robert Mondavi 1995 Napa Valley Zinfandel
on Oct 26, 2009 in California red wine tasting wine 1979 1995 Anderson Ranch Dry Creek Glen Ellen Napa Valley pizza Preston Quivira Ridge Robert Mondavi zinfandel Zinfandel is like white wines: it doesn’t age well, right? Wrong. Oh, so wrong. On Saturday night, I opened a bottle of 14-year-old zin I’d pulled from the cellar a couple of weeks ago, to set it up right and make it ready for drinking on...
Harvesting in Prince Edward County, just in time for new rules on Ontario wines
on Oct 15, 2009 in wine Cellared in Canada chardonnay Closson Chase government of Ontario harvest Prince Edward County VQA I’d call that an auspicious sign. Just as I was heading to the vineyards of Prince Edward County to harvest chardonnay at Closson Chase, on Tuesday evening, the Ontario government came out with new rules governing VQA and Cellared in Canada wi...
Cellared in Canada: changes in the stores and labels, but no help for Ontario growers
on Oct 12, 2009 in British Columbia Canada Canadian wine Cellared in Canada Niagara Ontario BC Liquor Distribution Branch Bruce Walker Canadian Vintners Association Grape Growers of Ontario LCBO marketing board Vincor Wine Council of Ontario Note: I was originally hoping to post this article on Friday, but an overly busy schedule and a forgotten note pad with essential quotes are causing its publication to coincide with the beginning of the second Regional Wine Week, championed by Drinkl...
Cellared in Canada: big bottlers move to stem growing outrage
on Oct 3, 2009 in British Columbia Canadian wine Cellared in Canada LCBO Ontario wine wine trade 2010 Olympics Andrew Peller BC Liquor Distribution Branch Jancis Robinson Mission Hill Rich Coleman Seaton McLean Vincor Over the last few weeks, pressure had been building nationally and internationally, concerning the deceptive Cellared in Canada wines. These inexpensive bottles, made by the country’s major wine bottlers, give a Canadian aura to blends made tot...
Tasting note: Cave Spring 1995 Beamsville Bench Riesling Icewine, Niagara Peninsula VQA
on Sep 23, 2009 in Canada Niagara Ontario Riesling VQA tasting 1995 Beamsville Bench Cave Spring Eric Asimov Ganevat icewine Jura New York Times oxydation A little oxydation can be a good thing, now and then. Not only for all these wonderful, “geeky” wines from Jura, as Eric Asimov points out in his New York Times column this week (where he rightly praises the Ganevat Trousseau as a great s...
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