As we are now in a lockdown in Toronto and Peel is going out and buying a mincemeat pie for Christmas from my favourite pie shop going to get me arrested and sentenced to hard labour by the Ontario COVID Imperial Tribunal? Of course I make a bold assumption that while big box stores likeContinue reading “Burmester 10-Year-Old Tawny Port: A Slice of Mincemeat Pie Please”
Category Archives: Wine
Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery Red Wines: Lake Erie North Shore Wines From Ontario
Sprucewood Shores is a well-known family Lake Erie North Shore winery and we go back at least a decade. But through time we lost touch. However samples arrived and its fantastic to be back. With the most heat units in Ontario one hopes for some interesting red wines. Of course, it is not so hotContinue reading “Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery Red Wines: Lake Erie North Shore Wines From Ontario”
Uncorked: The Liquor Control Board of Ontario Vintages $14.95 and Under Corner: And The Winners
Here is a red wine called Hécula from the Yecla appellation in Spain. Black cherry in colour. Aroma of black cherry, blackberry, lavender and ripe strawberries. On the palate fairly solid tannins that leave a nice fruity ring encapsulated around the tannins. No doubt about it. This is a full-bodied wine but being a bigContinue reading “Uncorked: The Liquor Control Board of Ontario Vintages $14.95 and Under Corner: And The Winners”
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