One of the highlights of my recent visit to Niagara was meeting husband-and-wife Louis Engel and David Johnson at Featherstone Winery. They, in turn, introduced me to one of their hawks, Zeke. He was an adorable little fellow that we took out into the vineyard with us. I noticed that as we walked down the [...]

  My team and I are thrilled that our site has hit #1 on Google for the most popular wine-related search terms: – wine and food – wine newsletter – wine and food matching – wine with food   These search term rankings are driven by traffic. You can’t buy this traffic, you can only [...]

Holiday season’s here, which means doing pretty much everything inside – especially entertaining. Enter [yellow tail] wine, which is the star of these refreshing, winetails, suitable for all your guests this Holiday season! This first recipe is for a delicious Berry Mochatini and other winetail recipes brought to you by [yellow tail] wine:     [...]

On the third Thursday of every November, Beaujolais produdcers in southern Burgundy, France, release wine from the new harvest. More than 60 million bottles make their way around the world to bistros, bars and restaurants. Nouveau is a knock-it-back kind of wine to be enjoyed in the spirit of celebrating the harvest! Here are my [...]

There’s always debate about how useful wine scores are, with the usual pro arguments (easy to understand) and cons (wine is subjective and can’t be trapped in a number). Fair enough. I resisted scoring wines for the first three years that I wrote about wine until I realized that consumers want them.  Plain and simple. [...]

Number of Wines Recommended: 51 Review date: November 21, 2009 The highlights in this Vintages release include: – 14 wines under $20 – Best value white: Orange blossom zest in this lovely Muscat from southern France for seafood and salads $13.95 – Favourite white: Niagara’s benchmark Chardonnay, no question 95/100 – Best value red: Blackberry-rich [...]

Number of Wines Recommended: 48 Review date: November 7, 2009 The highlights in this Vintages release include: – 17 wines under $20 – Best value white: Chilean Chardonnay with toasted almonds and buttery richness for roast chicken $15.95 – Favorite white: German Riesling with mouth-watering aromas of ripe peach for glazed ham and soft cheeses [...]

  I’ll be at the Ottawa Wine & Food Show Saturday November 7th from 5 pm to 7 pm in the Tasting Alley, the area of the show where you can meet winemakers, taste some special wines and there are no lineups guaranteed. Please come to say hello. You can also get some holiday shopping [...]

Here’s a short video and some pics from the Louis Roederer Wine Writing Awards last month. It was incredible meeting many of my favorite wine writers from various countries. I wasn’t holding my breath since my fellow nominees included the sites of Jancis Robinson, Kate Thal and Robert Parker So I was a little dumbstruck [...]