White Wine
The Juice Wine Company Chardonnay 2024, Twenty Mile Bench, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: The Juice Wine Company Chardonnay from Ontario’s Twenty Mile Bench is a dry, medium-bodied wine with a silky texture and moderate alcohol. It bursts with flavours of crisp pear, lemon zest, and a gentle brush of oak—think toasted almond and a whisper of cream. The finish is clean and bright, making it a versatile choice for food. Serve it chilled with roast chicken, grilled trout, or a simple mushroom risotto. The wine's freshness lifts the dish while its roundness keeps pace with creamy textures. The fruit is grown on mineral-rich, limestone-laced soils. The winery is quickly becoming a go-to for polished, small-lot wines that punch well above their weight. Full disclosure, it's owned by my good friend and fellow wine communicator Angela Aiello. Congrats Ange, you've done an amazing job! If this Chardonnay were a person, it would be that friend who manages to look effortlessly stylish even while carrying a bag of groceries uphill.
Chardonnay food pairings: lobster in butter sauce, grilled fish, chicken. Drink: 2025 - 2028 12% D 750 mL $29.00 Score: 90/100. July 2025. Top Rated White Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Red Wine
Piedra Negra Gran Lurton Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina, Argentina: Produced by Jacques & François Lurton, Bodega Piedra Negra 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is a full-bodied, single vineyard red wine muscular and concentrated with ripe blackberry, crushed raspberry, dark plum, cigar box and toasty oak spice flavours long and velvety on the palate. Brothers Jacques and François Lurton started making wine in Argentina as far back as 1992, in the Alta Uco Valley, at the foothills of the Andes and this was the first wine made when they arrived in Argentina. They quickly discovered the potential of Cabernet Sauvignon in Argentina and in 1996 they planted Cabernet Sauvignon in their Finca Chacayes in Vista Flores. Cabernet Sauvignon food pairings: grilled New York strip loin, barbecued ribs in sauce, braised pork shanks, strong cheeses, Margherita pizza. Drink: 2025 - 2027 980334 14% D 750 mL $24.95 Score: 93/100. July 2025. Top Rated Red Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart