Tag: Ontario

Last House Vineyard Hillier Rouge Daniel Block Pinot Noir 2024

Tasting Note:  I have come to really enjoy tasting Last House wines, for their complexity and acuity built on such a delicate frame. This...

Keint-He Winery & Vineyards Cluster Pluck Pinot Noir 2024 

Tasting Note - Wines with amusing, clever or catchy names run the risk deflecting interest in the contents. However, this captured me through its...

Hidden Bench Gamay 2024

Tasting Note: I continue to watch the evolution of Hidden Bench gamay with interest, ever since owner Harald Thiel began to focus on Ontario’s...

Creekside Y&R Syrah 2022

Tasting Note – I tasted this zesty syrah at Niagara’s first syrah-based tasting in July, called Shades of Syrah. Creekside, a syrah specialist, was...

Bachelder Bai Xu Gamay Noir (30% Whole Cluster) Cru De Niagara 2024

Tasting Note:  Each spring Bachelder releases a batch of single vineyard gamays from various sub-appellations in Niagara. I tasted this on release in April...

Mason Vineyard Collab Series Wild Ferment Viognier 2024

Tasting Note: I have tasted this twice, quizzically at first at the vineyard, and wanting a second shot at it which I did at...