Tag: Red

Mission Hill Compendium 2020

Tasting Note My favourite Compendium to date! I am particularly enthused with this 2020, from one of the great vintages in B.C. Part of...

Mission Hill Oculus 2021

Tasting Note During the National Wine Awards of Canada my role as a co-chief judge is to run quality control of the judging process...

Canada’s Expensive ‘Bordeaux’ Red Blends 

Since the banishment of hugely popular California/Napa big reds in most of Canada last March, the question has been “who offers the best alternative?”...

Bachelder’s Toussaint 2023 Pinot Noir Release (Nov 2025)

Tasting Note: I tasted this nine-bottle collection at the Bachelder Bat Cave in early November, with wines presented east to west along the Niagara...

Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards 2022 Ancienne Pinot Noir

Tasting Note: This is a pale and light bodied pinot, typical of Nova Scotia editions. It has a fairly lifted and slightly unripe/green nose...

Vignoble La Cantina Pinot Noir 2023

Tasting Note: A well deserved Gold and great value from a fairly new Quebec winery where the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence Rivers merge....