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Friday Night of Niagara Wine Week
No review tonight but two tomorrow. Today was day 6 which included a fantastic trip to Chateau des Charmes and Ravine Vineyard. This led to extra wine drinking and thus no review (it’s Friday folks!). De Sousa and Stratus reviews … Continue reading
2008 Tawse Estate Spark
If you do not follow Niagara wine, or simply show a passing fancy, the name Tawse may mean little to you. To those with a slight bit of knowledge the name may simply mean Chardonnay. To anyone who has spent … Continue reading
2010 Coyote’s Run “Rare Vintage” Pinot Gris
For our Niagara Wine Week we start with our visit to Coyote’s Run Estate Winery a small winery that sits just below St. David’s bench in St. David’s, Ontario. This vineyard has started to make a name for itself in … Continue reading
CWG First Annual Niagara Wine Week
I am down in Niagara for some much needed R&R, but unlike the last 20 odd vacations, there are no plans. Well there are plans to do very little besides drive Gertrude and play a few rounds of golf. So … Continue reading
2007 Cattail Creek Reserve Riesling
You may be shocked to know, but Niagara is very good at Rieslings. Well, okay, you may have already known that. With the similarities to Alsace in it’s growing conditions (is it more Burgundy or more Alsace?) it is not … Continue reading
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Tagged canadian wine guy, cattail creek, niagara, wine review
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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
Hillebrand Winter Glow Dinner (Part 2)
What a relaxing and lazy weekend as I am sure by the lack of information/blogging was apparent. This is the ‘real’ write up on the Hillebrand Winery Restaurant event we went to on Saturday evening. Events like this one are … Continue reading
2003 Andrew Peller Signature Series Cabernet Franc
We recently got this wine from our wine club and this is the high end series from Peller Estates. It is always nice to see a monthly wine club that is not afraid to send high end wines as a … Continue reading
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Tagged cabernet franc, canadian wine guy, niagara, peller estate, wine review
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2007 Cave Spring Riesling
Must be Cave Spring month! Last night upon my arrival Mrs CWG had a bottle of this open, it is one of her favorite easy drinking, refreshing and casual whites. Cave Spring do several Rieslings from Ice Wine to some … Continue reading
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Tagged canadian wine guy, cave spring, niagara, off-dry riesling, Riesling, wine review
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2006 Flat Rock Cellars Chardonnay
A belated Happy Valentine’s Day to all our readers. I recently said during my Cockfighter’s Ghost review that I could recommend 3 to 4 Niagara based Chardonnays that were better then the Pooles Rock wine I thought I’d try and … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian, chardonnay, flat rock cellars, niagara, wine review
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2003 Cave Spring Cabernet-Merlot
As I was making a fusilli pasta last night Mrs CWG was going over my recent wine reviews and noted I had not reviewed any Canadian wines recently. Such a travesty needed correction, and thus we pulled this 2003 from … Continue reading
2004 Andrew Peller Signature Series Riesling Icewine
With Mrs. Cwg and I running out of room in the Wine Fridge/Cellar we decided it would be a great time to have one of our dessert wines to ‘make room’. After perusing the collection I decided to grab our … Continue reading