The first wines from the 2017 vintage are starting to trickle in. Instead of starting with a white wine, I went for a 2017 Baco Noir from Henry of Pelham, as they make consistent wine from season to season, despite radical fluctuations in climate. I tend not to over-think Baco Noir. A simple grape with… Read More
The last few weekends (NOT the first weekend of April though) have brought a lot of warmth to Toronto, and like many others, I decided to celebrate with a bottle of rosé. I was clearly not very original in my thought, as my local LCBO was quite picked over in their rosés and white wine… Read More
We have reviewed Henry of Pelham before and were pleasantly surprised with the result. With this in mind we picked up a bottle of their Rose to go with a light dinner we were cooking. While we generally prefer red wines, once the sun starts showing it’s smiling face more often in the summer our tastes… Read More
Baco Noir grapes are a North American wine industry success story, but as a hybrid grape, it attracts a lot of negative attention. A hybrid of European vitis vinifera Folle Blanche from France and an unknown varietal of indigenous vitis riparia that grows widely in North America, this is a hearty grape that can weather Ontario’s harsh winters. It… Read More