On the Road with the Grape Guy

On the Road with the Grape Guy is a on-going feature that follows me from event to event ... I post my thoughts, feelings and reviews of what happened and what I tasted ... basically it is here that I review the events I attend and the things that thrilled me.

British Columbia Wine Roundup - Spring 2020

12 Jun 2020

 

I like to wait till I get enough British Columbia wines so I can release them as their own “report” – here I have 39 BC wines from 10 wineries that really are worth picking up - and come this July (according to reports) Ontario is opening up to deliveries from other provinces - so getting these wines will be even easier (or not "illegal") and that's a good thing ... 

click on wine name for the full review

 

Baillie-Grohman 2018 Pinot Noir, Terraces


Burrowing Owl 2016 Merlot
Burrowing Owl 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon
Burrowing Owl 2017 Meritage
Burrowing Owl 2018 Chardonnay
Burrowing Owl 2018 Pinot Noir


CedarCreek NV Sauvignon Blanc Homeblock Sparkling Brut
CedarCreek 2017 Pinot Noir, Estate
CedarCreek 2017 Pinot Noir Platinum Block 4
CedarCreek 2017 Syrah – Platinum, Haynes Creek
CedarCreek 2018 Pinot Noir, Estate Grown
CedarCreek 2019 Pinot Gris, Estate Grown
CedarCreek 2019 Sauvignon Blanc, Estate Grown


Culmina 2019 Chardonnay, R & D
Culmina 2019 Gruner Veltliner, Unicus
Culmina 2019 Riesling, Dry-ish - R & D


Dirty Laundry 2017 Bordello
Dirty Laundry 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon
Dirty Laundry 2018 Pinot Noir
Dirty Laundry 2019 Riesling


Intrigue Wines 2018 Chardonnay
Intrigue Wines 2019 Social Sparkling
Intrigue Wines 2019 Social White


Lakeside Cellars 2016 Cabernet Franc
Lakeside Cellars 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon
Lakeside Cellars 2016 Portage Red
Lakeside Cellars 2016 Syrah


Laughing Stock 2017 Blind Trust
Laughing Stock 2017 Pinot Noir
Laughing Stock 2018 Chardonnay
Laughing Stock 2018 Viognier


Mission Hill NV Reserve Brut
Mission Hill 2017 Shiraz Reserve
Mission Hill 2018 Chardonnay Reserve
Mission Hill 2019 Sauvignon Blanc Reserve


Rocky Creek Winery NV Wild Blackberry
Rocky Creek Winery 2016 On the Mark
Rocky Creek Winery 2017 Serius Red
Rocky Creek Winery 2018 TLC

 

 

Ontario Wine Reviews: 57 Wines from 23 Wineries

28 May 2020

Not all reviews make the newsletter, there's just so many good wines and not enough space ... so every three to six months (or so) I clear out the backlog of wines ... here are the reviews that were written but until now have never seen the light of day. 

(click on the wine name to link to the full review)

Lake Erie North Shore

North 42 Degrees 2019 Sauvignon Blanc, Sparkling Extra Dry
Pelee Island 2018 Pinot Grigio, Lola

 

Niagara Escarpment

16 Mile Cellar 2016 Chardonnay, Rebel
2027 Cellars 2019 Pinot Gris, Falls Vineyard
Bachelder 2017 Chardonnay, Saunders – Haut Vineyard
Bachelder 2017 Chardonnay, Wismer-Wingfield Ouest Vineyard
Bachelder 2017 Pinot Noir “Les Villages”
Bachelder 2017 Pinot Noir, Wismer-Parke “Ouest Vineyard”
Bachelder 2018 Gamay Noir, Willms “Les Naturalistes” Niagara Cru

Cave Spring 2017 Riesling Estate
Cloudsley Cellars 2016 Pinot Noir
Cloudsley Cellars 2017 Chardonnay
Cloudsley Cellars 2017 Chardonnay, Wingfield Vineyard
Featherstone 2018 Gamay Noir
Featherstone 2019 Four Feathers
Featherstone 2019 Phoenix

Fielding 2018 White Conception
Flat Rock Cellars 2018 Riesling
Flat Rock Cellars 2018 Twisted Sparkling
Henry of Pelham 2018 Chardonnay, Speck Family Reserve
Henry of Pelham 2019 Pinot Noir
Kacaba 2017 Chardonnay – Barrel Fermented, Escarpment Series
Kacaba 2017 Syrah, Terraced Vineyard

Rockway 2017 Riesling, Fergie Jenkins
Westcott 2016 Pinot Noir Estate
Westcott 2016 Pinot Noir Reserve
Westcott 2018 Chardonnay Reserve
Westcott 2019 Chardonnay, Lillias
Westcott 2019 Riesling, Butler’s Grant

 

  Niagara-on-the-Lake

iCellars 2018 Chardonnay
iCellars 2018 Reserve Red
Marynissen 2019 Charmed, Heritage Collection
Pondview 2019 Sauvignon Blanc, Burnt Ship Bay
Pondview 2019 Skipping Stone White
Trius 2019 Sauvignon Blanc

 

  Prince Edward County

Broken Stone 2018 Pinot Noir, Estate Grown
Karlo Estates 2017 Pinot Noir Estate
Karlo Estates 2017 Quintus
Karlo Estates 2018 Marquette, Property Grown
Lacey Estates 2016 Cabernet Franc, Lot 9

 


Other Regions & Virtual Wineries

Adamo 2015 Chardonnay, Oaked “Wild Ferment”
Adamo 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Old Vines
Adamo 2016 Chardonnay Oaked, Barrel Select – Willms Vineyard
Adamo 2016 Pinot Noir, Lowrey Vineyard
Adamo 2017 Cabernet Franc, Huebel Grape Estates
Adamo 2017 Chardonnay Oaked
Adamo 2017 Gamay Noir Oak Reserve, Huebel Grapes Estates
Adamo 2017 Merlot, Lepp Embers Path Vineyard
Adamo 2018 Gamay Rosé
Adamo 2018 Legacy White
Adamo 2018 Pinot Noir Rosé, Underdog
Adamo 2018 Riesling, Lepp David’s Vineyard
Adamo 2019 Riesling
Adamo 2018 Sogno
Adamo 2019 Gamay Noir, Pet Nat
Adamo 2019 Malbrusco, Pet Nat

Windrush 2018 Pinot Noir Vintner’s Reserve

 

 

 

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