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The Importance of Wine Tourism

BKWine Brief 218, October 2021The Importance of Wine Tourism The importance of wine tourism is not that it can be a tool for producers to sell more wines. Although you sometimes get that impression when wine tourism is discussed. It is often talked about in the framework of “how can the producers sell more wineContinue reading “The Importance of Wine Tourism”

RKS Wine: Porthead Alert! Warre’s Warrior Finest Reserve Port

Attending Port Wine Day years ago in Porto in Portugal I recall a French marketing guru saying Port is a luxury product at a discount price. I couldn’t think of a more appropriate description. Why is this so? I think Portheads are less in abundance than Potheads and given there are now more cannabis storesContinue reading “RKS Wine: Porthead Alert! Warre’s Warrior Finest Reserve Port”

RKS Wine: Niagara Riesling: Shall We Get on The Merry Go Round Again?

I think it may be time for me to cease writing about Niagara Riesling. I have scuppered my chance of ever winning a Niagara Academy Award for astute and insightful reporting on Niagara Riesling. Much of it reminds me of a white Basque Txakoli which is so acidic it is poured into the glass aContinue reading “RKS Wine: Niagara Riesling: Shall We Get on The Merry Go Round Again?”

RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Goes Overboard with His Tuscan Wild Boar Stew! Stanley Tucci a Special Guest for Dinner!

If you have been following Penniless Pensioner you’ll know he has gone from more or less rags to riches as his Bitcoin investment made him a wealthy man so he is no longer penniless but he insists upon drinking wine under $20 and stocking his wine cellar with wines carrying that price limit so heContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Goes Overboard with His Tuscan Wild Boar Stew! Stanley Tucci a Special Guest for Dinner!”

RKS Wine: Two Sisters 2015 Merlot: Outrageous Gouging or Excellence?

A $84.80 Merlot from Niagara. Is somebody on a psychedelic trip or simply trying to hoodwink the public? Merlots from Niagara rarely impress so what makes Two Sisters confident an $84.80 price for a 2015 Merlot is justified. Putting this honestly this must be an awesome wine or a wine that is floating around inContinue reading “RKS Wine: Two Sisters 2015 Merlot: Outrageous Gouging or Excellence?”

RKS Wines: Wines from The Outer Limits: Austria; Audrey Hepburn Type of Wine!

Austrians drink approximately 30 litres of wine per person a year which is twice as much as Canadians drink. More white is produced than red. As for red wine Zweigelt is a popular red and is a cross between Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent and as stated in Karen MacNeil’s “The Wine Bible” the wine isContinue reading “RKS Wines: Wines from The Outer Limits: Austria; Audrey Hepburn Type of Wine!”

RKS Wines: Wines from the Outer Limits “Tezaur Feteasca Regala/Sauvignon Blanc 2019”

While wine has been produced in Romania since 5700 B.C. it wasn’t until after the fall of communism in 1989 that privatization of the nationalized wine industry began attracting Italian, German, British, French and Austrian foreign investment. Under communist rule making quality wine and innovating was not in the mind of the state apparatus. TodayContinue reading “RKS Wines: Wines from the Outer Limits “Tezaur Feteasca Regala/Sauvignon Blanc 2019””

RKS Wine: Affordables Under $20: “Primus The Blend” at $19.95 CDN

“Primus the Blend 2018” is a Chilean Wine available at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario for $19.95. On the nose a certain degree of lightness. Nothing too concentrated or heavy despite the fact there is a majority of Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenére with Syrah, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Notes of fresh cherry, raspberry,Continue reading “RKS Wine: Affordables Under $20: “Primus The Blend” at $19.95 CDN”

RKS Wines: Portugal’s Douro Seldom Disappoints

Although you may have had some familiarity with the wines of the Douro I am guessing most of that is with red wines including Ports. But the white wines of the Douro and that includes Ports are lesser known. That is a bit of a shame as the whites can grow on you. Part ofContinue reading “RKS Wines: Portugal’s Douro Seldom Disappoints”

RKS Wines: The Penniless Pensioner is Back in Town and Cleared of Tax Evasion! His Attempt to Rebuild a Wine Cellar

Dear readers the Penniless Pensioner has been cleared of all tax evasion suspicion by the Canada Revenue Agency. It was all just a horrible mistake the CRA said and failed to apologize despite the fact PP spent two weeks in a Roman prison (awaiting extradition to Canada) where he became somewhat renowned for learning howContinue reading “RKS Wines: The Penniless Pensioner is Back in Town and Cleared of Tax Evasion! His Attempt to Rebuild a Wine Cellar”