So can you recall the last time you had a dainty wine from Barossa? Those wines are known for their power and depth. Peter Lehmann’s Layers from Adelaide has a very traditional GSM blend (Grenache, Shiraz and Mourvèdre) but it adds to that Tempranillo. It has a black cherry colour. On the nose it hasContinue reading “RKS Wine: Peter Lehmann’s 2020 Layers”
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RKS Wine: Beaujolais Gamay: Light on its Feet
The intensity and force of a wine you are searching for may be based on strong preferences as to your style of wine. However being fair to the wine where you are drinking it, who you are drinking it with, what mood you are in and most importantly what food you may be having itContinue reading “RKS Wine: Beaujolais Gamay: Light on its Feet”
RKS Wines: Best Rosé and Sparklers 2021
Stag’s Hollow 2020 Blanc de Noir Okanagan Valley BC VQA $25 (95) (British Columbia, Canada) Sandhill 2020 Rosé BC VQA $21.95 (93) (British Columbia, Canada) Meyer Family Vineyard 2020 Pinot Noir Rosé Okanagan Valley BC VQA (92) (British Columbia, Canada) Featherstone Rosé 2020 VQA Niagara Peninsula $15.95 (94) (Ontario, Canada) Stag’s Hollow 2020 Syrah RoséContinue reading “RKS Wines: Best Rosé and Sparklers 2021”
RKS Wine: Best Whites of 2021
Stag’s Hollow 2020 Albariño Okanagan Valley BC VQA $24 (96) (British Columbia, Canada) Meyer Family Vineyards Okanagan Valley Naramata Bench 2020 Tribute Series Chardonnay-Terry Threfall, BC VQA Okanagan Falls, British Columbia $ 30.52 (95) (British Columbia, Canada) Meyer Family Vineyards 2020 McLean Creek Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Falls BC VQA Gewurztraminer $16.61 (94) (British Columbia, Canada)Continue reading “RKS Wine: Best Whites of 2021”
RKS Wines: Two Sisters 2015 Cabernet Franc From Niagara
Given the veritable lunacy of travelling outside of Canada these days our sights were directed 2 hours away from Toronto to Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL). My past experiences there have been unpleasant. However, after three trips there during the plague I have come to like NOTL. Not its main street but what lies behind that Walt DisneyContinue reading “RKS Wines: Two Sisters 2015 Cabernet Franc From Niagara”
RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2021
Quinta do Quetzal Guadalupe 2018, Vinho Regional Alentejano $16.95 (94) (Portugal) Chateau Jonin 2018 AC Bordeaux $14.95 (94) (France) Stag’s Hollow 2019 Pinot Noir Okanagan Falls, BC VQA $27 (94) (British Columbia, Canada) Stag’s Hollow 2019 Pinot Noir Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Valley BC VQA $27 (94) (British Columbia, Canada) Susana Balbo 2019 Signature Malbec, ValleContinue reading “RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2021”
RKS Wines: The Best Fortified and Dessert Wines of 2021
Quinta da Devesa 30-Year-Old Tawny Port $112.45 (94) (Portugal) Bacalhôa Moscatel de Setubal 2017 $14.95 (94) (Portugal) Grahams 2015 Late Bottled Vintage Port $16.25 (94) (Portugal) Warres Warrior Port Finest Reserve Port Symington Family $19.95 (94) (Portugal) Dows 2013 Late Bottled Vintage Port Symington Family Estate $24.95 (92) (Portugal) Quinta do Crasto Finest Reserve PortContinue reading “RKS Wines: The Best Fortified and Dessert Wines of 2021”
RKS Wines: To Canadians (and the world) There is More Than Icewine!
To many Canadians the ultimate “dessert wine” might be Icewine from Niagara. It is awfully good but correspondingly expensive. There are alternatives at a more friendly price point that are not “copies” of Icewine but similar on the “sweet scale” and cheaper. For example, there are the legendary sweet white wines from the Northern AegeanContinue reading “RKS Wines: To Canadians (and the world) There is More Than Icewine!”
RKS Wines: The Flow of Inexpensive Bordeaux Keeps on Coming: One Good and One a Clunker!
The flow of $20 and under Bordeaux keeps on coming into the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. And you can score some winners. Given supply chain problems and the rising cost of just about everything in these inflationary times one wonders what 2022 will bring? One would think supply chain issues for wine will notContinue reading “RKS Wines: The Flow of Inexpensive Bordeaux Keeps on Coming: One Good and One a Clunker!”
RKS Wines: Opening the Malivoire Treasure Trove
Yes, we try two Malivoire wines that are sold out. Is this a winery owner’s dream? Is it a wine writer’s despair his readers can’t try what he is writing about? Well “sold out” is “sold out” and neither I or you can do anything about that! But if you like what you read thereContinue reading “RKS Wines: Opening the Malivoire Treasure Trove”
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