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2002 Château des Charmes Equuleus (Paul Bosc Estate Vineyard)

Posted on June 2, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

Equuleus is a constellation better known as ‘little horse’ or ‘foal’. Small and faint, this grouping of stars is no representation for the wine bearing it’s name. Paul Bosc and family at Château des Charmes might consider this their special … Continue reading →

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2003 Wolf Blass Gold Label Shiraz

Posted on May 26, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

This wine, given to us a gift, falls into the class of wines I’d simply not buy in a store or restaurant. Wolf Blass to me is synonymous with LARGE producer and some of the wines are to be kind, … Continue reading →

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2004 Burrowing Owl Meritage

Posted on May 22, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

A few years back a colleague of mine bought six of these and shared them with myself and his brother. Having heard many great things about the Burrowing Owl Estate Winery and knowing that the 2002 Meritage had produced some … Continue reading →

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Fast Hello from Yakutsk, Russia

Posted on April 6, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

With John picking up all the slack with posts, there is a reason why. I have just spent the past 3 days travelling from Canada to get to Yakutsk. I would talk about the wine if I would dare drink … Continue reading →

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2005 Lussac-Saint-Émilion La Combe Rouge

Posted on April 1, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

So we decided to continue to delve into the wines brought back from France a few years ago with this inexpensive red. Lussac-Saint-Émilion is part of the Bordeaux region and a sub appellation of the Saint-Émilion. Most of the producers … Continue reading →

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2004 Château de Seguin (Bordeaux-Supérieur) Part 2

Posted on March 30, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

Last night we had no idea what to drink, so we decided to open this wine we picked up in Paris a few years back. We bought this on a whim to fill up the bags coming home with some … Continue reading →

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LCBO – Vintages Burgundy Release 25 March 2009

Posted on March 25, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

If you get regular emails from Vintages this one may interest you. There are some very good wines featured and if you are looking at buying this may be a good time to look at these: (Overall List Here) 2006 … Continue reading →

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CWG’s Sabbatical OVER!

Posted on March 24, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

Well sort of! I am back from a longer then usual business trip and with a few pictures and comments to fill the blank space until a new review. Here we go: Had these three wines the night before I … Continue reading →

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Three for One!!

Posted on March 7, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

I am traveling on Monday and have been crazy busy of late at work (think auditors, think pain) so I have not been able to bring forward a few reviews I have wanted. This is a brief one to talk … Continue reading →

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2001 Taja Reserva

Posted on March 5, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

Opened this Spanish wine up a few nights ago thinking it was probably ready to go. We have had this in the cellar for at least 2 years and I was hoping to take an inexpensive red with potential for … Continue reading →

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2005 Liberty School Cabernet Sauvignon

Posted on March 3, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

Good morning and happy Tuesday. Hopefully wherever you are it is not -23 degrees Celsius with the wind-chill. If it is, well misery does love company so welcome to the party. Yes it is cold! Last night the Mrs. and … Continue reading →

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2008 Wyndham Estate Bin 525

Posted on February 25, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

The follow up to the first of the Wyndham Bin 5xx release is this wine, a Shiraz Grenache blend (51% shiraz 49% grenache). First thing that should shock everyone is the 2008 on the vintage label. WOW. I know that … Continue reading →

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2003 Andrew Peller Signature Series Cabernet Franc

Posted on February 23, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

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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2007 Cave Spring Riesling

Posted on February 22, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

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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2006 J.Lohr Seven Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon

Posted on February 20, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

Once again I had the chance to try two more Californian wines last night. Thank you goes out to the friends that invited me over for dinner and lively discussion. I brought the 2006 J Lohr Cab Sauv as mentioned … Continue reading →

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2002 Joseph Drouhin Morey-Saint-Denis

Posted on February 11, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

Sitting around last night, Mrs CWG and I decided that we needed to coif a Burgundy and looking through our wine database we settled on trying the 2002 Joseph Drouhin. For those that know me know that I am more … Continue reading →

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