Wine

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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Got to kiss a lot of wine frogs to find princes

I’ve been at it again – kissing frogs in the state store. A metaphor, of course, for buying a variety of wine in the hope of discovering new ones to love. Even when I do find a prince, I will continue to search for more. This is wine, after all! Shopping the state store system

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