Quebec Wine: Canada’s Coolest Wine Region Comes of Age
By Janet Dorozynski, DipWSET
Once dismissed as a curiosity in the Canadian wine landscape, Quebec wine has quietly undergone a profound transformation over the past decade or two. Wines that were once viewed as rustic and rooted in perseverance, have transformed and now reflect a confidence, diversity and increasing finesse. Having followed this ...more
If I Could Buy Only One – October 25th Vintages Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from the October 25th release, which one would it be and why?”
Hidden Bench Estate Riesling 2021, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment, Ontario John Szabo – In keeping with David’s newsletter theme this week of Canadians stepping up to the plate, my only one this week is an Ontario Riesling in the prime of its career: Hidden Bench Estate...more
By David Lawrason with notes from Sara d’Amato, Megha Jandhyala, John Szabo and Michael Godel
If this Vintages release was a World Series game, Canadian fans would take comfort that the home team is springing up to the plate, with seven wines on the scorecard among our picks below. But I am not going to try to not go too deep on this theme, to relieve ...more