Category Archives: Wine

RKS 2023 Wine: More Carmenère from Chile

Is Carmenère Chile’s signature grape? Well if it meets Miguel Torres one of Spain’s signature winemakers surely the result will be a stellar wine? We try a Cordillera Reserva Especial 2019 from Valle del Cachapoal. Aromatics: Black plum, blueberry, black cherry, charcoal, leather, black earth and pomegranate. Palate: Smooth as butter and full of blackContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: More Carmenère from Chile”

RKS Wine: What to Have with Your New Year’s Eve Repast

Our New Year’s Eve dinner is seafood focused which means white wine is called for given the suggested dishes. Appetizer: Malpeque oysters Your white wine selection: I would go with a Brut or Extra Brut sparkler. Loaded with a good bead of bubbles the aromas are apple, pear, caramel, guava, honey and Brioche. On theContinue reading “RKS Wine: What to Have with Your New Year’s Eve Repast”

RKS 2023 Wine: Southbrook Canadian Framboise: This May be Your Chocolate Desserts’ Best Friend

Southbrook Vineyard’s Canadian Framboise would be more than happy to meet a chocolate-based dessert particularly cakes with some raspberry or cherry filling like a Black Forest Cake. I am sure there are some Canadians out there that will be having chocolatey desserts to end the year. Readers outside of Canada may try and find aContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Southbrook Canadian Framboise: This May be Your Chocolate Desserts’ Best Friend”

RKS 2023 Wine: Porthead Alert! Pocas LBV 2015: Massive Blackberry Attack and Berserk Raspberry Personality!

If you want to become a full fledged Porthead hopefully you will recognize the incredible luxury Port offers at a bargain basement price. Yes there are Vintage Ports declared only in exceptional years but there are cheaper Late Bottled Vintage Ports to keep in mind. Quite frankly sometimes the line between LBV’s and Vintage PortContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Porthead Alert! Pocas LBV 2015: Massive Blackberry Attack and Berserk Raspberry Personality!”

RKS 2023 Wine: Garcés Silva Family Vineyards 2019 Catalino

My prediction for 2023 is that if Chile can maintain its price point that it sits at presently 2023 will see remarkable growth in the Canadian marketplace for Chilean wines. Prices were stable in 2022 without any jacking up of prices one saw with most producers elsewhere. Quality is high. So we start the 2023Continue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Garcés Silva Family Vineyards 2019 Catalino”

RKS Wine: Christmas Dinner and Wine

I recall in my formal wine education days I had an instructor that seriously remarked any wine goes at Christmas as guests are so tanked up before the real dining starts they’ll drink anything! I never subscribed to that point of view. Christmas dinner preparation can be backbreaking and unless you’ve been involved in preparingContinue reading “RKS Wine: Christmas Dinner and Wine”

RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2022

Quinta dos Termos 2017 Beira Interior DOC, $13.95: Portugal 94 Mayhem 2019 Cabernet Merlot, B.C. VQA, $21.74: British Columbia 94 Two Sisters 2015 Cabernet Franc, VQA Niagara River, $75.80: Ontario 94 Viña Chocolan Vitrium 2019 Red Blend, Vale del Maipo: $25.95: Chile 94 Alamos Seleccion 2018 Malbec, Mendoza: $16,95: Argentina 94 Viña Tarapacá Gran ReservaContinue reading “RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2022”

RKS Wines: A Greek Alternative to Ice Wine

In Ontario Riesling and Vidal icewines, particularly Riesling icewine, can cost a pretty penny but given the conditions harvested in and the very concentrated juice extracted from frozen grapes it is understandable that icewine is a luxury product. A cost effective and delicious alternative to icewine is Vin Doux from the Greek island of SamosContinue reading “RKS Wines: A Greek Alternative to Ice Wine”