With the baby on the way, it’s been busy around the house - lots of last minute things to do before the little guy arrives, and not much wine drinking going on! I will post some tasting notes from some bottles from this weekend’s release next week.
If you’ve been reading my tasting notes enough, you have probably noticed that I’m a little partial to Malivoire wines. I don’t know what it is, but they speak to me. Well built, excellent quality, decent value, and a great expression of the varietals they produce. I think the geek in me loves that the [...]
While I try to stick to wines available to the general public in Ontario, this is one of the wines I brought back from Oregon earlier this year. I had a hankerin’ for Oregon pinot last weekend, so I opened a bottle of this. I still love it, although I think this wine is built [...]
Apologies for the delays in posting. Holy smokes it’s been weeks since I’ve posted! Baby #1 is on the way, so we’ve been busy making the house ready, and the wine budget has… well, shrunk. I will resume weekly postings.
I posted some older tasting notes on this one last week, but today I decided to pop one I still had in my cellar. After experiencing Oregon for a week, my perception of pinot noir has changed drastically. A few months in the bottle has changed this wine too. Here are my updating tasting notes:
With [...]
As my wine budget plummets, my postings have been less than regular. I’ll be updating on a weekly basis now, and filling in with some info on varietals that make up the wines we drink. Hope folks are getting value out of this page, good luck and sante!
My best impression of the Tasmanian devil. I was surprised to see a Tasmanian pinot noir on the shelf at the Milton LCBO. After a quick check with the vintages gal, sounded like something I would like to try.
COCKFIGHTER’S GHOST PREMIUM RESERVE PINOT NOIR 2005VINTAGES 60947 | 750 mL bottle Price: $ 29.95
Dark cherry [...]
MARCHESI DI BAROLO BARBARESCO 2004VINTAGES 60855 | 750 mL bottle Price: $ 43.95
I’m on a major Nebbiolo kick (thanks Joe). Probably not the best thing to be posting to start a wine blog, since Nebbiolo is not always the most approachable grape. When I stopped into the new Milton LCBO (by the GO train station) [...]
MAISON CHAMPY PERNAND-VERGELESSES 2005
VINTAGES 8151 | 750 mL bottle
Price: $ 29.70
Another first for me, this was my first white burgundy. From the Cote de Beaune, in Burgundy, France this represents decent value. White burgundies are treasured by collectors, and prices are usually reflective. This particular wine is situated at a nice price point.
Colour: [...]
2005 Hidden Bench Vieilles Vignes Chardonnay
$40 from the winery
I want to stick to sharing mostly to LCBO offerings which are widely available, but I get down to Niagara a few times a year to taste wines and I want to share. Hidden Bench is one of those wineries you love to visit - beautiful [...]
