Author name: Linda Whipple, CSW

Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW). WSET 3 Advanced with merit. Grateful for the grape and all things growing.

Wine for the day after the big day

Ok, friends. Thanksgiving is upon us. By now, the menu is decided, and possibly some of the dishes are simmering on the stove or baking in the oven. The nearest wine store is closed or closing soon. So let’s talk about the morning after, and the afternoon, and the evening. Black Friday. Now there’s a […]

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Wine where least expected

Serendipity. Gotta love it. The unexpected, surprising and pleasing encounter is why I roam back roads. This time, the find was a just-opened winery in, of all places, southeastern Ontario. I say “of all places,” because the winery is about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the Thousand Islands Bridge from the U.S. to Canada, a

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Sauce up your summer wine pairings

Every produce stand around here is bountiful this time of year. Sweet corn, ripe melon, and local tomatoes lure me to the side of the road. I can’t resist their appeal. Fresh produce is one of the joys of summer. But so, too, are swimming, paddling a kayak or canoe, and lounging over a good

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One wine region you probably don’t know

Jutting into Lake Ontario is a wine-producing region you’ve probably never heard of, unless you’re Canadian. You’re not to blame, though. Chances are Prince Edward County wine isn’t sold in too many American wine stores. No doubt you do know and even purchase wine, especially ice wine, from Ontario’s larger and more well-known Niagara region.

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Some good and not-so-good wine choices

Last time I posted, I was dissecting frogs – that is, I was analyzing wine “frogs” I bought in the state liquor store in the hope I’d find a few princes. Of the three wines I tasted for my previous post, two were keepers. Now onto the three remaining bottles in my wine rack. As

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