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Silverlight, Olympics, Linux
Not really the forum to do so, as I am sure most wine enthusiasts are not interested in Linux or being able to watch the Olympics from their browsers, but… For those running Gentoo (like myself) or any other Linux … Continue reading
Vintages End of Bin Sale Feb 27
Vintages in store, End of Bins sale is on, if you missed the mailing you can see the list here. Here are my “great buys” suggestions: KATNOOK ESTATE ODYSSEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2003 @ $59.95 (one of Coonawarra’s best, this is … Continue reading
2003 Villa Antinori (Toscana)
This little bottle has sat in the CWG wine fridge for almost 3 years, while not expensive originally (~$30) it did however have some cellaring ability that led me to keep it safe and sound. This wine use to be … Continue reading
Sunday Night Read
Hope everyone is well, making homemade Pizza and sipping some white wine. Here is a nice little read on a GTA-Golden Horseshoe scammer that hits home. Feel free to pass it on. Enjoy your Sunday, we will get a review … Continue reading
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2005 Sportoletti Assisi Rosso
Fast note on this Italian red since I am a tad short on time but wanted to share. Fruity nose, medium tannins, soft finish. This is not a home run but a solid double-triple (mid winter baseball reference there for … Continue reading
NV Candor Merlot Lot 2
This is in fact going to be a short and sweet review, as I am swamped in paperwork and other work related stuff. This wine was presented to the Canadian Wine Guy as a potential wine to review, and it … Continue reading
2006 Lost Canyon Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
If I were to say Lost Canyon Winery the first thing that may come to the more educated oenophile is “Garage Winery!”. While not entirely true, Lost Canyon does have a fair history behind it with said Garage and wine … Continue reading
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Tagged canadian wine guy, lost canyon, pinot noir, russian river valley, wine review
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2005 Michel Séral Château Grand-Champs (Grand Vin de Bordeaux)
Decided to pull a Bordeaux for dinner tonight, nothing very expensive but on the other hand something I figured would be ready. This offering came from an Yvon Mau wooden box set a few holiday seasons back that the LCBO … Continue reading
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Tagged Bordeaux, canadian wine guy, Château Grand-Champs, wine review
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CWG on Twitter
Happy Sunday morning, if you are at all like Canadian Wine Guy, you are prepping for two good football games today and making dog cookies (what?!?)… For all those interested, I have added twitter to my daily you know what’s, … Continue reading
Pardon Us Joshua Greene?
Who is Joshua Greene you may be asking? Mr. Greene is Editor, Publisher and President of Wine & Spirits Magazine. Why am I calling him out? The atrocity that is his 23rd Annual Guide is the reason. In this annual … Continue reading
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New Guest Contributor – Natalie MacLean
Canadian Wine Guy is excited to announce that we are getting another contributer if only from time to time. Natalie MacLean, the Canadian author of the bestseller Red, White and Drunk All Over, offers a free wine newsletter at her … Continue reading
2007 Thirty Bench Small Lot Chardonnay
A good spot to start off with for this review is to state that Thirty Bench is a winery that is owned by the same group that owns Hillebrand, Trius and Peller Estates, Andrew Peller Ltd. Despite the fear that … Continue reading
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Tom Kha Gai Recipe
Hope everyone had a great weekend. We entertained good friends over the weekend. The meal was uniquely southeast Asian. It featured Vietnamese spring-rolls, mango-ginger salad, amok, red curry pork and tom kha gai soup. The wines were a bunch of … Continue reading
2007 Tapanappa ‘Etages’ Tiers Chardonnay
Burgundy, France, is the epicenter of the Chardonnay grape’s world, but the world itself has taken on this white grape as it’s own. Chardonnay is one the most widely grown grape varieties in the world and can be found pretty … Continue reading
Niagara Icewine Festival 2010
As the 15th of January quickly approaches it is probably a good time to remind everyone of the upcoming 2010 Niagara Icewine festival. From the 15th to the 31st the entire Niagara region and it’s vineyards will be celebrating the … Continue reading
Wednesday Night
J. Lohr Cab and a Mouton Cadet ‘reserve’ with the folks. The 06′ Lohr was to be expected, about avg for the price: good balance, long finish, good nose/fruit. The MC was less then stellar, a tad muted, medium bodied … Continue reading
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Top Threes of 2009 – First Place
2009, a great year to love food and wine, really it was. Of the 170+ restaurant meals and 350+ bottles of wine consumed there was much choice and many memorable moments, but it was the following that ‘hit the spot’ … Continue reading
Top Threes of 2009 – Second Place
As a continuation of this piece today we will cover those things that ranked second in CWG’s 2009. Restaurant: Spuntini’s on Avenue Road in Toronto is probably better known as being the place upstairs from Soto Soto. One of the … Continue reading
Top Threes of 2009 – Third Place
2009 was a good year in the CWG household. While I was away for just over half the year (mostly on business) some great wine and food were consumed, and some great sights seen. The year started in Rome and … Continue reading
Happy 2010
Well 2009 was, to say the least, a busy year. It saw me go on an unexpected sabatical of six months with John picking up the slack. Despite being away half a year, wine was still drunk and some great … Continue reading
TTC Wage Hike Again?
This is definitely OFF-TOPIC, but I just got wind with this article that the TTC is going to raise fares again, which led one of our fellow readers to send me this little summary of the TTC Business plan, I … Continue reading
back from russia
ten days away and I have just returned. Wine will be drunk in the days to come, reviews will be posted. chat soon -CWG
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2008 Angels Gate Sussreserve
I grabbed four Canadian whites today, all between 12 to 16 dollars. This is one of them, which at $14.15 is relatively inexpensive for an off-dry Riesling of this quality. The Angels Gate Winery named the wine Süssreserve as Süss … Continue reading
2006 Malivoire Chardonnay
First off a warm hello, it’s been a sporadic summer for me in terms of reviews and content. I doubt it will change much as I have a wealth of travel still remaining. This post will be small but the … Continue reading
Off To Australia
I am off to Australia in a few hours, I will try and get some reviews of Aussie wines up while I am gone. See you in two weeks CWG