From the Niagara region in Ontario, Canada we try a Peller Estates Private Reserve 2021 Meritage a blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Aroma: Black cherry, blackberry, cassis with a strong black currant swirl. Palate: The black currant continues to express itself as the predominant influence. Grippy tannins. Short brackish finish. Personality: Big,Continue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Peller Estates Private Reserve 2021 Meritage”
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RKS Wine: Moving Beyond The Great American Pull to Develop the Canadian Wine Industry
One result of Trumpian aggression towards Canada has been The Great American Pull removing American alcohol products from Canadian liquor stores. A quasi Nouveau Prohibition. Patriotic Canadians can clap, cheer and make a “sacrifice” foregoing Californian wine foistered upon them by profit driven liquor control boards luxuriating in easy profits from customers they have historicallyContinue reading “RKS Wine: Moving Beyond The Great American Pull to Develop the Canadian Wine Industry”
RKS 2025 Wine: Bargain Priced Portuguese Wine: Evel Tinto from the Douro
The Evel “brand” was born in 1913. The grapes in this Evel Tinto are from three different quintas two of which are cool climate and the third warm climate. It is a blend of Tinta Roriz (30%), Touriga Franca (30%), Tinta Barroca (30%) and Touriga Nacional (10%). Fermentation was in stainless steel vats and wasContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: Bargain Priced Portuguese Wine: Evel Tinto from the Douro”
RKS 2025 Wine: 2015 Quinta do Mondego: Ready for the Retirement Home!
Is this 2015 Quinta do Mondego ready for the retirement home? Roger Voss of the Wine Enthusiast is my go-to wine writer and when it is Portuguese wine in the glass we almost always agree with descriptors and scores. He reviewed the wine 31December2023 giving it a 92 noting it could drink through 2027. ItsContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: 2015 Quinta do Mondego: Ready for the Retirement Home!”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Two Bees 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon: Not Quite the Little Engine That Could
Aroma: Robust blueberry, blackberry, black cherry with raging black currant accompanied by oak influences that are not bashful. Palate: Gushes of black currant and lesser notes of blueberry buzzing about in the background but they just can’t land in swarm fashion on the palate. Tannins are not hiding deep in the bee’s nest and theyContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Two Bees 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon: Not Quite the Little Engine That Could”
Canadian Province of British Columbia Yanks ALL AMERICAN ALCOHOL OFF THE SHELVES
British Columbia originally pulled all American Red State (Republican) American alcohol off liquor stores in British Columbia. On 10March2025 the pull now applies to all American alcohol. Premier David Eby of British Columbia made the following statement, “Today, we are ordering the removal of all American beer, wine, spirits and refreshment beverages from the shelves atContinue reading “Canadian Province of British Columbia Yanks ALL AMERICAN ALCOHOL OFF THE SHELVES”
RKS 2025 Wine: Light Plus Heavy = Moderate? Ji Ji Malbec and Pinot Noir
Malbec is more intense and denser than Pinot Noir. So you blend them both in equal proportions and you have a moderate wine? That is what El Molino has done here and what is the result? Bottled unoaked. Carbonic maceration. Aroma: Neither light nor heavy. Raspberry, strawberry and pomegranate and a tad earthy and brackishContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: Light Plus Heavy = Moderate? Ji Ji Malbec and Pinot Noir”
RKS 2025 PORTUGUESE Wine: Pedra Cancela Vinha Da Fidalga from the Dão
From Carregal do Sal in the Dão region. The grapes were destemmed. Aged 8 months in French Allier oak barrels and 10 months in the cellar after bottling. At 1 gram of residual sugar a dry wine! The soil is granitic, sandy, slightly acidic and poor in nutrients. A blend of Touriga Nacional and theContinue reading “RKS 2025 PORTUGUESE Wine: Pedra Cancela Vinha Da Fidalga from the Dão”
Massive Free Trade Deal To Be Signed Between Canada, Greenland, Portugal, Mexico and Panama “Tariff Protection Pact (TPP)”: Spoof News Services: Lagos, Portugal: 6March2025
Spoof News Services has learnt Portugal, Greenland, Canada, Panama and Mexico are in the process of executing a massive free trade deal with a goal of escaping economic and physical annexation of these countries as states into the United States of America. Specifics are unknown but Spoof contacts reveal the deal centres on Canadian oil,Continue reading “Massive Free Trade Deal To Be Signed Between Canada, Greenland, Portugal, Mexico and Panama “Tariff Protection Pact (TPP)”: Spoof News Services: Lagos, Portugal: 6March2025″
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery 2018 Mountain Bell Merlot: Will This Tariff Free Merlot Lighthizer Up Your Life?
Getting sick and tired of the Trump Confusion show? And you thought Sleepy Joe was losing it? Tired of that rich overly fruity Washington State (or for that matter Washington D.C.) then think Ontario Merlot. You won’t have to think of Howard Outoflucknik when you consume it as its tariff free. Aroma: Hints of aContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery 2018 Mountain Bell Merlot: Will This Tariff Free Merlot Lighthizer Up Your Life?”
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