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Picking up the 2007 Icewine juice from Watsons

Mon February 11, 2008

I drove down to Niagara-on-the-Lake to pick up my Icewine juice order from Watsons yesterday. I had ordered 15L of whatever variatals he produced and was happy to see that he had three different varietals to offer this year: Vidal,...

ZAP 2008: Dialing in the Zin

Mon February 11, 2008

A couple weekends ago I took in ZAP, the annual Zinfandel festival held at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Hundreds of Zinfandel producers are present, and both times I've gone I've been amazed at the differences I find in the wines I get through.

Top 5 of 2007

Wed December 26, 2007

In 2006 I simply tried to taste as much different Ontario wine that could -- if someone made it, I wanted to taste it. This year, I've tried to focus a little more on the regions, varietals and wineries I like the best -- I tried to dial-in what I like specifically about this region and it's grapes and it's people.

2007 Icewine order with the Neufeld's

Mon December 17, 2007

I wasn't planning on making another order for Icewine juice from the Neufeld's this year, their juice is about twice as expensive as Watsons, but the quality of my '06 Icewine from their vineyard was just so good I couldn't...

White ferments are finished for 2007

Mon December 3, 2007

I only did one white this year, a Riesling from Wismer Vineyards in Niagara (up on the Bench), and it's now finished fermentation. I racked it off it's fermentation lees this evening and it'll now spend the next six months...

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