This week’s Vintages release at the LCBO is very impressive. Really interesting whites (Viura, Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc), under $25 Bordeaux (yay!), and one of our favourite sparklers all hit the shelves today. Happy shopping. Bailly Lapierre Réserve Brut Crémant de Bourgogne, Burgundy, France NV $19.95 Vintages 991562 We’re always a bit delighted when this...
As we move into September, we have a good mix of wines to warm the cockles of your heart on cool early autumn evenings, plus a few refreshing thirst quenchers as cling desperately to the dwindling days of warmth and bright sunshine. The LCBO is preparing for its biggest annual release of Ontario wines in...
If there was ever a better example of why Ontario needs to open up its liquor retail sales to private entrepreneurship, it happened this week. For the last few days hype and anxiety had been growing that the LCBO’s nearly 7,000 unionized employees would walk off the job. Not to be toyed with, the union...
Remember the days when before buying an unfamiliar wine, you’d check the number rating beside the price? “0” would tell you the wine was dry, “3” would tell you it was sweet. Then, with your Black Tower in hand, you’d stroll up to the counter confident in your purchase. Easy peasy, right? Not so says...
