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  • Blue Mountain Winery: 2020 vintage wines review and food pairing ideas

    Are you a wine enthusiast and have “seeking out affordable and quality wines” listed as your favourite sport? If you are located in the New World, you probably know that anything that makes it across the proverbial pond is way overpriced and hardly combines “affordable and quality” in one description. Common sense told us to… [Read more]

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  • Tasting of the very rare and special 1976 Henriques & Henriques Terrantez Madeira wine

    Have you ever heard of the Terrantez grape varietal? It is special and rare and almost extinct. “Terrantez grapes, not for eating, nor giving away. God made them for wine!” reads an inscription on the wall of Blendy’s wine museum in Madeira, Portugal. But what does the wine made of Terrantez taste like? We had… [Read more]

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  • Glass of Rose sparkling wine (c) Sarah_Stierch

    Michel Arnould Verzenay Rosé Brut Champagne

    Not your typical rosé picnic wine! Michel Arnould Rosé Champagne bears a Grand Cru label for a reason. Despite its unknown but suspected great age, this wine shows quite well. More importantly, it does, what any wine, in our opinion, should do, pairs well with food. [Read more]

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  • Madeira Island Winery Spotlight: Madeira Vintners and their Fenix

    Winemaking has traditionally been a male-dominated profession. Winery ownership by females, either on their own, or together with their family members, is not that uncommon. A woman in a position of a professional winemaker is far more scarce. If you encounter an all-female winemaking team, you may want to pinch yourself to check if you… [Read more]

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  • Culmina Family Estate wines review: Merlot, Dilemma and Hypothesis

    “Why can’t Canada produce a good Chardonnay?” This used to be our “go-to” icebreaker when sitting down for wine tasting at California wineries we frequented over the past decade. The question never failed to steer a passionate conversation among the winery guests and sommeliers. The consensus among our Californian friends has always been that Canada… [Read more]

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  • Phantom Creek Rosé & Pinot Gris wines review

    As with any winery in Okanagan, Phantom Creek Estates turns out an array of wines at various price points and quality levels. We visited Phantom Creek winery in the spring of 2022. All the wines we tasted at the winery were premium-priced quality wines. When we returned home, we sought out the Phantom Creek wines… [Read more]

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  • Schramsberg old sparkling wines review

    Undoubtedly you’ve heard the saying, fine wine tastes better with age. But is it true? Question of spoilage aside, what makes a bottle of wine you are tasting now a far cry from the identical bottle of wine, vintage and all, that you tasted some five years ago? In this piece, we talk about the… [Read more]

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  • Elephant Island Winery - the elephant by entrance

    The fruit wines of the Elephant Island Winery

    Is an alcoholic beverage made of fruit, wine or not wine? A grape is a fruit, so doesn’t that simple fact alone answer the question? In this piece, we opine on whether or not fruit wine is wine or a misnomer. We also share our tasting notes for three fruit wines made in British Columbia,… [Read more]

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  • Henriques and Henriques 3 years old Madeira wines. Tasting notes and food pairing recommendations.

    Are you new to Madeira fortified wine? Maybe you never tried Madeira wine and are wondering what it tastes like? Whatever your story is, let us tell you the most important thing. If someone says they have Madeira for dinner, don’t think their wine got spoiled. Not that anyone will object to an extra bottle… [Read more]

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  • J. Faria and Filhos tasting notes. Plus, the Art of choosing, tasting and food pairing Madeira Wine.

    For those who have never tried it, the experience of tasting Madeira for the first time is comparable to taking a trip to the moon, where gravity rules no longer apply. Most of the aromas and flavor profiles that you are used to and look forward to in your Cabernet, Merlot, and Chardonnay are nowhere… [Read more]

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