MINT CONDITION: Wakefield’s 2018 Jaraman Cabernet Sauvignon
Wakefield Estates (known as Taylors Wines in its native land of Australia) produces nine ranges of wines. With the Jaraman class, the aim is to...
A PAIR OF JACKSONS: Sampling the Goods from Two Award-Winning California Wineries
My sample pack (after the fact) from Jackson Family Winery. I received a tasting kit last week containing four individual servings of California’s Hartford Family...
The Charcuterie Board Workshop at Jackson-Triggs
It seemed like months that our friend Lily had been ardently encouraging my wife and I to attend the Charcuterie Board Workshop at Jackson-Triggs Estate...
Two Reds that Might Grow on You
Many wines are better with food. I think that’s the case with both of these releases at the LCBO—particularly the first offering from Emilia-Romagna at...
HIGH FIVE: A Handful of Value Wines
It’s Labour Day—no better time to determine what’s worth spending your hard-earned money on and what’s not. Here are five to consider. Tommasi Le Rosse...
Missing Their Day in the Sun: The Impact of 9/11 on Legends on the Niagara
It was going to be a day of celebration. Stress-free golf, food and beverage. A day years in the making and months in the planning....
LEGENDS OF THE FALLS: Twenty years ago, Niagara Tourism was in the midst of unveiling a grand golf facility to international media, when the world changed
By Ted McIntyre The news was jolting and horrific, and for those with access to mainstream media and dial-up internet, it flooded in as though...
Two Proseccos—One Love Story
I drink way more white wine in the summer than at any time of year, specifically sauvignon blanc and sparkling—perhaps understandably, given their clean, palate-cleansing,...
A Rich Aussie Shiraz for Under $25
At the San Diego International Wine & Spirits Challenge earlier this year, only a handful of entrants earned 95 points or higher, and most of them...
THREE CHARDONNAYS…and a value Pinot Grigio
I’m not sure if there is a more chameleon-like wine grape than Chardonnay. From an elegant, flinty Chablis from Burgundy, France, to those stereotypical buttery,...
