The Okanagan in British Columbia can produce top notch red wines including Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Given that solid reputation is it then simply a question whether Mayhem winemaker Ajay Chavan has the skills to produce this blend that will invoke the wow factor? I should add the wine was in my passive cellar atContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Mayhem 2021 Cabernet Merlot”
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RKS 2023 Wine: High Tension with Mayhem’s 2022’s Naramata Bench Sauvignon Blanc
Talk about wine tasting tension! I pointed the 2021 Mayhem Sauvignon Blanc from the Okanagan in British Columbia at 94. Being somewhat skittish about Sauvignon Blanc that 94 is impressive. How will the 2022 Mayhem Sauvignon Blanc fare? The 2022 tried here was fermented 100% in stainless steel but the 2021 was fermented in FrenchContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: High Tension with Mayhem’s 2022’s Naramata Bench Sauvignon Blanc”
RKS 2023 Wine: Okanagan’s Mayhem 2022 Rosé
The 100% Merlot grapes used in the wine were handpicked from Ryegrass Road Vineyard in Oliver British Columbia. The grapes were crushed and destemmed directly into the press. The final blend consists of 92% stainless steel tank and 8% neutral barrique. Aroma: This rosé verging on dark in colour is made from 100% Merlot. ItContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Okanagan’s Mayhem 2022 Rosé”
RKS 2023 Wines: Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 McLean Creek Road Gewürztraminer: The French Toast of Gewürztraminer?
Finding wines from British Columbia in Ontario is about as easy as finding wine from Ontario in a Portuguese hypermarché. What a pity that our Liquor Control Board of Ontario releases more Portuguese wine than wines from British Columbia! So I had to hop on my private jet and fly 5 hours to Kelowna toContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wines: Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 McLean Creek Road Gewürztraminer: The French Toast of Gewürztraminer?”
RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2022
Quinta dos Termos 2017 Beira Interior DOC, $13.95: Portugal 94 Mayhem 2019 Cabernet Merlot, B.C. VQA, $21.74: British Columbia 94 Two Sisters 2015 Cabernet Franc, VQA Niagara River, $75.80: Ontario 94 Viña Chocolan Vitrium 2019 Red Blend, Vale del Maipo: $25.95: Chile 94 Alamos Seleccion 2018 Malbec, Mendoza: $16,95: Argentina 94 Viña Tarapacá Gran ReservaContinue reading “RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2022”
RKS Wine: Mayhem’s 2021 Riesling
No I am not going to kvetch about Niagara Rieslings this time. Enough negative vibes in a world that has enough negativity in it. So can Mayhem take it up a notch and introduce some positivity into the Canadian wine world with its British Columbia Riesling? It has some aromatics that get my positive RieslingContinue reading “RKS Wine: Mayhem’s 2021 Riesling”
RKS Wine: Mayhem’s Sauvignon Blanc: The Best in the World?
The Mayhem 2020 Sauvignon Blanc was the best white wine I reviewed last year. Not the best Canadian but the best in the world. Yet all the trumpets are blaring in New Zealand about their Sauvignon Blanc and if they aren’t careful about over production those trumpets could soon be playing a funeral dirge. AndContinue reading “RKS Wine: Mayhem’s Sauvignon Blanc: The Best in the World?”
RKS Wine: My Private Pinot Grigio Nightmare: The Simple Mayhem Cure
As a wine writer there is what I write and there is what people ask me. When up close and personal I try and be non-judgemental about what people drink and sometimes that is a bit difficult as they look at you trying what they pour and they think it is the cat’s pyjamas. MyContinue reading “RKS Wine: My Private Pinot Grigio Nightmare: The Simple Mayhem Cure”
RKS Wine: The Okanagan’s Meyer Family Vineyards 2020 Micro Cuvée Chardonnay
Meyer Family Vineyards in British Columbia’s Okanagan is a bit of Burgundy in British Columbia with its winning ways producing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir not to mention a wickedly delicious Gewurtz! I mean give MFV another decade and my successor may be saying in France that Burgundy is a bit of British Columbia in France!Continue reading “RKS Wine: The Okanagan’s Meyer Family Vineyards 2020 Micro Cuvée Chardonnay”
RKS Wine: Battle of the Okanagan Rosés
When rock started getting heavier in the 1960’s do you remember “The Battle of the Bands” which in our modern day parlance is a rock festival. May the best band win was determined by the loudness of the claps in the audience. I think they still exist although I haven’t heard of one in TorontoContinue reading “RKS Wine: Battle of the Okanagan Rosés”
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