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”
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RKS Wines: Marynissen Estates: Can’t Get Cabernet Franc Right in Ontario? Time to Pack it Up!
Ontario does Cabernet Franc so well. I can’t say I have had a bum bottle yet. But Ontario wineries who can’t get it right may consider just packing up and calling its quits. A poor Cabernet Franc runs against the tide of “it’s hard to botch”. So should Marynissen pack it up? We try theirContinue reading “RKS Wines: Marynissen Estates: Can’t Get Cabernet Franc Right in Ontario? Time to Pack it Up!”
RKS Wine: Ontario’s Malivoire Winery
Ontario does extremely well with Cabernet Franc and recently I am coming to the same opinion for Gamay which appeared with great popularity 5 or so years ago but seemed to fade from the public view. 3 times more Cabernet Franc is grown in Ontario than Gamay and even the treacherous Baco Noir is producedContinue reading “RKS Wine: Ontario’s Malivoire Winery”
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