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White Wine
Wending Home Pinot Gris 2021, Creek Shores, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: Wending Home's Pinot Gris from Creek Shores, Niagara Peninsula is a complex, full-bodied white wine offering notes of cantaloupe, lanolin-like honey, ripe peach and Asian pear. This dry wine displays lifted floral character and almost unctuous texture that will continue to integrate over the next two years. Serve it chilled with goat cheese crostini as the wine's richness balances the tangy cheese, or pair it with lemon butter shrimp where the wine's stone fruit depth complements the citrus-infused seafood. Winemaker Brad Giesbrecht harvests this Pinot Gris late, with five to ten percent of the fruit exhibiting noble rot, achieving complexity rather than the lighter dock-sipper styles typically associated with the grape. The wine displays gentle bronze luminescence and presents satisfying weight with apricot and citrus zest on the fairly bright, gracefully nuanced finish. This rich, sophisticated Pinot Gris represents excellent quality and will drink beautifully through 2028. Pinot Gris food pairings: goat cheese crostini, lemon butter shrimp, soft cheeses. Drink: 2026 - 2028 44662 13% XD 750 mL $27.95 Score: 90/100. February 2026. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Other Wines/Drinks
McConnell Estates Winery Irish Whiskey Sherry Cask Finish, Ireland: A rich and expressive blended Irish whiskey that was aged for five years in first-fill bourbon barrels and then finished in Oloroso sherry casks, giving it depth, fruit complexity and warm spice character at 46% alcohol. It opens with inviting aromas of dried figs, currants, Christmas spices such as nutmeg and cinnamon, dark chocolate and a hint of fresh leather. On the palate it offers flavours of demerara sugar, dark ripe cherries, black raspberry, bitter dark chocolate shavings and rich red apple, leading to a lingering finish with toasted oak, subtle clove spice and a touch of leather.
Fascinating fact: Finishing in Oloroso sherry casks adds rich dried fruit and spice complexity to the whiskey, creating a style that bridges classic Irish smoothness with sherried depth and sophistication.
Serve it neat, with a splash of water, or over a large ice cube. Irish Whiskey Sherry Cask Finish food pairings: dark chocolate squares, dried figs, pecan pie, smoked almonds. 35945 46% XD 700 mL $60.45 Score: 96/100. February 2026. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart