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Ingrid Sapona
April showers bring … ??
Though the calendar says it’s almost May, the cold weather (and today’s wind and driving rain) really make me wonder if spring will ever arrive. Meanwhile, like many Ontario wine fans – I’m wondering what the poor grapevines are looking like. Since my March trip down to Hinterbrook to learn about how growers test bud […]
Terroir – a County Wine Celebration is Early this Year!
Terroir is a Prince Edward County (PEC) event in the charming Crystal Palace in Picton. A friend and I attended last year and had a terrific time. Most of the PEC wineries are there, as are some local restaurants and food purveyors, and it’s a great way to kick off the summer. It’s normally on […]
Easter Dinner at a Winery?
Don’t feel like cooking this Easter? Why not celebrate Easter at one of 20+ Ontario wineries that have restaurants – most of them will feature special Easter menus. For a list of wineries with restaurants, check out the Dining at Wineries category in the App.
Brix … but really?
When I dropped in at North 40 Degrees Estate Winery last fall owner/winemaker Martin Gorski was measuring the sugar content of some of his grapes using a Brix Refractometer. I had always wanted to see how you use one, and he showed me. Very cool, I thought. Well, last week I was leafing through one […]
Something different for a change?
The California Wine Fair 2014 is coming to Ontario this week – it’ll be in Ottawa on Friday, April 4 from 7-9:30 p.m. at The Westin Ottawa and in Toronto on Monday, April 7 from 7-9:30 pm. at the Fairmont Royal York. Apparently this is the 35th annual tour and it will feature wineries from […]
Oh those poor grape buds
Our winter this year has been especially tough, but I hadn’t really thought about what it might be doing to the vineyards across Ontario until a winery owner mentioned it to me at Cuvée a couple weeks ago. Though most agree it’s too early to tell the true extent of the damage, all the winemakers […]
Going Vertical
Yesterday I mentioned in a blog that 31 wineries are participating in the Cuvée en Route passport event this weekend. After looking through the brochure and really wrapping my head around the two different types of tastings the wineries were offering up: Vertical Tastings and Winemaker’s Selection, I decided to stop at a few wineries […]
Here’s what they poured at Cuvée 2014
As noted in my last post, the Cuvée 2014 Gala featured 51 Ontario wineries. Each winery poured only one wine — their favourite. I promised I’d publish the list after the event because I think readers would like to know what the different winemakers would encourage people to try, if you were only able to […]
Cuvée en Route 2014
Cuvée en Route is a passport event involving 32 wineries this weekend — March 1-2, 2014. At the wineries passport holders can sample themed flights that are either Horizontal tastings (different vintages of the same variety) or a Winemaker’s Selection. Here are the wineries featured in Cuvée en Route 2014: Calamus Estate Winery Calaneri Estate […]