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2008 Ravine Vineyards Merlot

Posted on July 14, 2013 by CanadianWineGuy

A short review of a good wine from a very inconsistent vintage. Ravine Vineyards is a small boutique winery sitting in the heart of St David’s. Maybe not well known, it has increasingly upped its quality over the past five … Continue reading →

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2007 Henry of Pelham Speck Family Reserve Cabernet- Merlot

Posted on August 14, 2012 by CanadianWineGuy

Another night, another 2007 Niagara Bordeaux blend and another concise review. Henry of Pelham’s Gold Medal Winner from the 2009 International Food & Beverage Forum Wine Awards is a quietly great wine. It is a dark inky wine with a … Continue reading →

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2007 Chateau des Charmes Equuleus

Posted on August 13, 2012 by CanadianWineGuy

A quick review today, the first of at least 4 consecutive Canadian Bordeaux style blends. This is the Chateau des Charmes flagship red, the Equuleus (if you want my take on the 2002 click here). First of 6 out of … Continue reading →

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Niagara Wine Week 2012 – Suggestions needed

Posted on July 31, 2012 by CanadianWineGuy

Next week will be Niagara Wine Week 2012 for the CWG family, if you would like to influence the where we go, vote in the poll below!

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Friday Night of Niagara Wine Week

Posted on August 19, 2011 by CanadianWineGuy

No review tonight but two tomorrow. Today was day 6 which included a fantastic trip to Chateau des Charmes and Ravine Vineyard. This led to extra wine drinking and thus no review (it’s Friday folks!). De Sousa and Stratus reviews … Continue reading →

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2008 Tawse Estate Spark

Posted on August 16, 2011 by CanadianWineGuy

If you do not follow Niagara wine, or simply show a passing fancy, the name Tawse may mean little to you. To those with a slight bit of knowledge the name may simply mean Chardonnay. To anyone who has spent … Continue reading →

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2010 Coyote’s Run “Rare Vintage” Pinot Gris

Posted on August 15, 2011 by CanadianWineGuy

For our Niagara Wine Week we start with our visit to Coyote’s Run Estate Winery a small winery that sits just below St. David’s bench in St. David’s, Ontario. This vineyard has started to make a name for itself in … Continue reading →

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CWG First Annual Niagara Wine Week

Posted on August 14, 2011 by CanadianWineGuy

I am down in Niagara for some much needed R&R, but unlike the last 20 odd vacations, there are no plans. Well there are plans to do very little besides drive Gertrude and play a few rounds of golf. So … Continue reading →

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2007 Cattail Creek Reserve Riesling

Posted on March 1, 2010 by CanadianWineGuy

You may be shocked to know, but Niagara is very good at Rieslings. Well, okay, you may have already known that. With the similarities to Alsace in it’s growing conditions (is it more Burgundy or more Alsace?) it is not … Continue reading →

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2008 Angels Gate Sussreserve

Posted on August 9, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

I grabbed four Canadian whites today, all between 12 to 16 dollars. This is one of them, which at $14.15 is relatively inexpensive for an off-dry Riesling of this quality. The Angels Gate Winery named the wine Süssreserve as Süss … Continue reading →

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Hillebrand Winter Glow Dinner (Part 2)

Posted on March 2, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

What a relaxing and lazy weekend as I am sure by the lack of information/blogging was apparent. This is the ‘real’ write up on the Hillebrand Winery Restaurant event we went to on Saturday evening. Events like this one are … 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 Flat Rock Cellars Chardonnay

Posted on February 15, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

A belated Happy Valentine’s Day to all our readers. I recently said during my Cockfighter’s Ghost review that I could recommend 3 to 4 Niagara based Chardonnays that were better then the Pooles Rock wine I thought I’d try and … Continue reading →

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2003 Cave Spring Cabernet-Merlot

Posted on February 12, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

As I was making a fusilli pasta last night Mrs CWG was going over my recent wine reviews and noted I had not reviewed any Canadian wines recently. Such a travesty needed correction, and thus we pulled this 2003 from … Continue reading →

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2004 Andrew Peller Signature Series Riesling Icewine

Posted on January 6, 2009 by CanadianWineGuy

With Mrs. Cwg and I running out of room in the Wine Fridge/Cellar we decided it would be a great time to have one of our dessert wines to ‘make room’. After perusing the collection I decided to grab our … Continue reading →

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