Magnotta Wines presents us with an Ontario VQA red blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine is non-vintage with the winery website stating the wine is from “a combination of two outstanding vintages of premium red blends of which 50% is from appassimento wines.” What were the outstanding vintage years? The websiteContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Is There Any Pizzazz in Magnotta’s Limited Edition PZaZZ?”
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RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: & Evermore Chardonnay: Can an Ontario “Budget” Chardonnay Deliver?
If one pauses momentarily in a wave of Canadian patriotism accentuated by Trumpian carnival barking annexation of Canada aggression and decides to buy Canadian wine one may discover Canadian wines can be pricier than many Chilean, Spanish, Argentinian and Portuguese wines. Chardonnay is no exception so with interest we try a $16 & Evermore 2023Continue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: & Evermore Chardonnay: Can an Ontario “Budget” Chardonnay Deliver?”
RKS 2025 Wine: DAC/Dão
On my last trip to Portugal’s Dão region I did not have the opportunity to visit Quinta Pellada where this wine was produced. The Dão is not so far from the Douro region but its topography is far different. Forested in places, green and almost verdant. Gigantic glacial boulders may appear in fields and exoticContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: DAC/Dão”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Featherstone’s Gemstone
As for price and quality Featherstone Estate Winery consistently delivers gems! This wine is a Cabernet Franc and Merlot blend. Aroma: Black cherry, blackberry, cocoa, raspberry, lavender and plum. Palate: Plummy with dark fruit. It is on the after palate that the fruit and tannin makes a more forceful appearance with heavy duty blackberry, friskyContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Featherstone’s Gemstone”
RKS 2025 Canadian Wine: Cooper’s Hawk Talon Red
I have been a fan of wines from the Lake Erie North Shore (LENS) appellation in Ontario for quite some time. I go back so far I remember the first wine from Cooper’s Hawk I reviewed was a Chardonnay and these guys were so new it wasn’t even VQA. Then fame crept up on LENSContinue reading “RKS 2025 Canadian Wine: Cooper’s Hawk Talon Red”
RKS 2025 Wine: Corvina Obtains Divorce from Valpolicella Partners
The Corvina grape has been cuddling very close to Valpolicella for many years. Corvina is frequently blended with Rondinella and Molinara to make the whole of Valpolicella. But on occasion it must have a tiff with its blending partners and in a huff divorces itself from the other grapes and strikes its own path solo.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: Corvina Obtains Divorce from Valpolicella Partners”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Hinterbrook Nomad’s 23 Humble
“Humble” can mean having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s importance. Often it can be seen as a positive attribute; a sort of an underestimation of excellence. Is Hinterbrook telling us succinctly this is an excellent wine but there shall be no bragging about it! At a price of $20 CDN itsContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Hinterbrook Nomad’s 23 Humble”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Hinterbrook’s Nomad 22 Wanderlust
Not able to join the gang for the Cake Parade on 1July2025 at Niagara-on-the-Lake due to recovery from hernia surgery I could alleviate my misery and the need for extensive walking by driving along Lakeshore Road where I discovered an extremely quiet Hinterbrook Estate Winery. After all it was Canada Day and who wants toContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Hinterbrook’s Nomad 22 Wanderlust”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Wending Home’s A Little Bit of This a Little Bit of That
If by chance you are overly accustomed with single varietals perhaps you wish to try Wending Home’s Wending North a blend of 27% Ehrenfelser, 18% Auxerrois, 18% Pinot Gris, 16% Gewurztraminer and 5% Chardonnay. A dog’s breakfast or brilliance in a glass? Aroma: Honeycrisp apple, cinnamon, guava, mango, pineapple, honey, marzipan and Abate pear. AContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Wending Home’s A Little Bit of This a Little Bit of That”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Always Hope for Ontario Cabernet Sauvignon? Not This Time with Reif!
In Ontario Cabernet Franc fares at a very high level in comparison to its Cabernet Sauvignon. The secret for Ontario Cabernet Sauvignon would appear to be a heavy compliment of oak to impart more “character”. Oak has garnered a dirty name in much of the wine world perhaps a throwback to earlier days when excessiveContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Always Hope for Ontario Cabernet Sauvignon? Not This Time with Reif!”
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