I encountered Thomas Bachelder last Sunday at Toronto Hot Docs Theatre for a showing of “Crush; Message in a Bottle” and we exchanged brief pleasantries. Bachelder, Kelly Mason, Shiraz Mottiar and Anne-Marie Saunders were expressing their views as to growing grapes and making wine in the Niagara region of Ontario. I expressed my agreement withContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Bachelder Wismer Foxcroft 2021 Gamay Noir: Ontario Gamay Noir Establishing Itself in Ontario”
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RKS 2023 Wine and RKS 2023 Film: “Crush: Message in a Bottle”: Life and Death in Wine
In the Canadian documentary “Crush: Message in a Bottle” the philosophy and life stories of Ann-Marie Saunders of Saunders Vineyard, Thomas Bachelder of Bachelder Wines and Le Clos Jordanne, Kelly Mason of Mason Vineyards and Shiraz Mottiar of Malivoire Wine Company and Mottiar Vineyard discuss their approach to making wines in the Niagara wine appellationContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine and RKS 2023 Film: “Crush: Message in a Bottle”: Life and Death in Wine”
RKS 2023 Wine: Bachelder les Villages Gamay Noir
Having suffered through half a glass of a Tawse 2020 Grower’s Blend Gamay Noir it is now to a sure winner? A Bachelder les Villages 2020 Gamay Noir. Aroma: Geez! After an initial whiff of oak upon uncorking the aroma is seemingly more than what might expect from “largely neutral oak barrels” but it doesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Bachelder les Villages Gamay Noir”
RKS Wine: L’Ardoise Bachelder 2020 Niagara Chardonnay
Thomas Bachelder is the winemaker behind the Clos Jordanne label. But he also has his own endeavours including Niagara. He has a golden reputation for his Chardonnays. So lets try his Ardoise Chardonnay from Beamsville, Ontario which was made from grapes grown throughout the Niagara Peninsula. Most likely aged in neutral French oak barrels asContinue reading “RKS Wine: L’Ardoise Bachelder 2020 Niagara Chardonnay”
RKS Wine: Ontario’s Venerated Le Clos Jordanne: Jordan Village Chardonnay 2019:Pekaboo Time
I sense Ontario’s Le Clos Jordanne (LCJ) is making somewhat of a comeback perhaps now that winemaker Thomas Bachelder is back in the saddle after an absence from Clos Jordanne for several years. He rejoined Le Clos Jordanne in 2019 for the 2107 vintage. LCJ started in 2010 to great fanfare but closed shop inContinue reading “RKS Wine: Ontario’s Venerated Le Clos Jordanne: Jordan Village Chardonnay 2019:Pekaboo Time”
RKS Wine: The Great Ontario Pinot Noir Hope
I think it was 15 years ago I received my first invitation to a media wine tasting and it was for Clos Jordanne Pinot Noirs. It was at a snazzy bar in Toronto’s Manulife Centre way up at the top. Their Pinot Noirs won me over but my interest began to fade as they changedContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Great Ontario Pinot Noir Hope”
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