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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 920: Wining with the Easter Bunny
Monday, March 25th: Allison Findlay, winemaker at Niagara College Teaching Winery, came by with a selection of wines for me to taste to get the Dean’s List designation. (Wine scoring 90 or above make the list.) Niagara College Dean’s List … Continue reading
A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 915: A Quiet Week
Not much happened this week in terms of wine activity – except for the following and some wine I had with dinner. Henry of Pelham The School House Cabernet-Merlot 2020 (Short Hills Bench, Niagara, $27.95, CSPC #395855) Deep ruby in … Continue reading
A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 907: Bachelder 2021 Chardonnays
Saturday, December 9th: Thomas Bachelder came by the house to taste his ten single-vineyard Chardonnays from the 2021 vintage. He put them in geographic order of sub-appellations, from West to East: Niagara-on-the-Lake, 20 Mile Bench, Beamsville Bench, Lincoln Lakeshore and … Continue reading
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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 874: An Eclectic Wine Week
Yalumba Organic Viognier 2021 (South Australia, $17.95, Vintages #28217, to be released April 29th) Golden straw in colour; minerally, peach pit nose; medium-bodied, dry, white peach flavour; elegant with an intriguing note of almond-like bitterness on the finish. (90)
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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 868: Flat Rock’s Yeast Experiment
Flat Rock Chardonnay 2021 (Niagara Peninsula, limited time offer $2.00 off, Jan. 29–February 25, $19.95) Straw colour; lightly toasty, yellow apple bouquet with oak spice and a hint of apple blossom; medium-bodied, dry, crisp, apple flavour with lemony acidity. Mouth-watering … Continue reading
