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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 862: Gold Hill Winery

Posted on December 20, 2022 by tonyaspler

The Gill family, proprietors of Gold Hill Winery, owns 65 acres of vineyards in the Okanagan Valley with 24 acres on the Golden Mile and 32 acres in the heart of Osoyoos.

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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 861: Eclectic Bunch of Wines

Posted on December 14, 2022 by tonyaspler

Ivory & Burt Old Vine Zinfandel 2019 (Lodi, $19.95, Vintages #4793031, to be released Jan. 7th) Deep ruby in colour; earthy, leathery, blackberry nose; full-bodied, dry, richly extracted, meaty but well-balanced and well-integrated oak, with a minty note on the … Continue reading →

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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 860: Port Dalhousie Underground Tasting

Posted on December 5, 2022 by tonyaspler

December 1st: I was invited to a tasting put on by the Port Dalhousie Underground – sixteen wines, mainly sweet. Here is the list, which doesn’t include the half-bottle I found in my cellar.

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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 859: Thomas Bachelder, Poet Laureate of Niagara Terroir

Posted on November 28, 2022 by tonyaspler

Saturday, November 19th: The day of the first big winter snow storm. Mary Delaney, Thomas Bachelder’s partner, graciously picked me up to drive me to the “Bat Cave” – Thomas’s wine cellar on Lundy’s Lane – to taste his Toussaint … Continue reading →

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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 858: Israel, part II

Posted on November 14, 2022 by tonyaspler

Wednesday, October 19th: We couldn’t get breakfast at the Alegra Hotel because the hotel’s chef lived in an Arab village that had been put under lockdown for security reasons. The manager gave us a voucher to eat at the Mala … Continue reading →

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