Canada Day
Great Canadian Wines for Canada Day
Our sommeliers went coast-to-coast for their Canadian wine faves this holiday. by Erin Canada is a big place. And its wine offering is nearly as big. With 280 wineries in BC, more than 160 in Ontario, and a small, but mighty, 20 or so wineries in Nova Scotia. Inevitably every year for Canada Day we...
10 Wines to Cheers Canada Day
You’ve long heard us tout the virtues of local wines – especially top-performing Ontario varietals Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir and Gamay. These wines are made so deliciously well, to highlight a few for your Canada Day celebration not only seemed a tad uninspired, but too easy – like shooting fish in a perfectly...
Our Top 20 Wines from the June 25 Vintages Release
In this last Vintages release before the Canada Day long weekend, the LCBO has put its main feature on Southern France, for some inexplicable reason, though there is a smaller sub-feature on great wines to sip for Canada Day. Here we’ve highlighted our 20 favourite from a release of maybe 100 or so. They do...
Our Canada Day Wine Picks
Happy Canada Day! It seems so obvious to put up a blog outlining our favourite home-grown vinos, but with all the stuff happening in the Canadian wine world, it’s certainly appropriate. That, and we love Canadian wine so what better way to celebrate that on-going affair or introduce you to your new love, if you...