“Stay Safe, Stay Home” are words you are hearing quite often in these crazy days of living in the midst of a Coronavirus pandemic. It’s hard to stay home in a quarantined lifestyle when we are used to heading to the local wineries each weekend and enjoying great wines and views! You can’t even sneak to the wineries with your
Read moreHolidays…… well actually…. every glorious day of our lives deserves an equally glorious wine and it has arrived with this Cabernet Franc from Angels Gate Winery in the Niagara Region of Canada! I am not sure if Heaven has a wine growing AVA but the great Cab Franc grapes that made this wine sure would have grown close
Read moreOxley Estate Winery is one of my favorite stops along Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Relaxing Lake Erie breezes, fun people, and scrumptious wines are always in store along this route! Today I opened the Oxley Estate Riesling from 2016 and it was delicious! The smells of the Fall leaves just brought out the subtle spiciness of this Riesling
Read moreMost people love Niagara Falls because it is such a magical place! There is something in the air, in the water, in the soil, or something in the atmosphere that makes this place so special. Or maybe all of them put together makes the perfect scenario for growing a vineyard and producing fantastic wines. Pssst…by the way…..Canada produces amazing wines
Read moreBeing in Virginia now, it’s tough to get to our favorite Canadian wineries on the North Lake Erie Shore. So I have been saving some of those wines until we can get there again. Only 30 minutes from downtown Detroit, this wine region is beautiful, fun, with some excellent quality wines! Sprucewood Shores Winery is one of those “must stop”
Read moreMore great wines coming in from the Lake Erie North Shore in Ontario, Canada and this wine is a sure bet from North 42 Degrees Winery in Harrow. At a recent tasting there, we found all the wines to be very impressive and ended up getting a few bottles of each! But last night we enjoyed the 2013 Pinot Noir
Read moreThis was a night of celebration and sorrow. Celebration because this is an amazing, quality wine that I have been looking forward to opening and rejoicing in! Sorrow because it was my last bottle of Thirty Bench Cabernet Franc 2012 and the winery is sold out. Hope and patience that upcoming vintages will be available soon, but for now, I
Read moreBeing from the Detroit area, there were not any Michigan wineries near the motor city since we were too busy building cars than growing vineyards in our little auto mecca. Which really was a shame because many times after a long day at work, I needed a big glass of wine! Most of the big Michigan wineries I was aware
Read moreAs the Thanksgiving Day grocery store madness grows closer, who has time to worry about choosing wines for your Thanksgiving feast?! There is a plethora of different flavors and tastes on your Thanksgiving table and you want wines that will make everyone happy. Including your Wine Expert Uncle Pierre as well as teetotaler Gramma Betsy! There is a saying “Ain’t
Read moreFresh, crisp, and refreshing. Here is a fantastic Sauvignon Blanc from Ontario, Canada’s Lake Erie Shore that is expressive and full of pizzazz! Aroma’s and flavors of ripe pineapple, grapefruit, gooseberry, and young kiwi. Fun and zesty x 2! On the second sip, seductive Asian Pear came through with notes of fresh cut grass and a nice minerality on the
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Wine Splash! 