About: Rick VanSickle

Rick VanSickle is a Wine Writer. Wine lover. Live in Niagara. Drink Niagara. Eat Niagara. Love Ontario. Eat Ontario. Drink Ontario. Also Bordeaux, Rhone, Napa, Alsace, Burgundy ...

A gorgeous sparkler from Niagara’s Cave Spring and new 2027 wine releases

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The Vintages release Saturday features one of the top Niagara white wines as chosen by Wines In Niagara in 2011. Cave Spring Cellars’ Blanc de Blancs, or 100% sparkling Chardonnay, spent an incredible 63 months on the lees. It is one of those rare wines that will be locked...

Niagara hosts the ‘rebirth of cool’ (as in cool chardonnay)

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Note: Mark it on your calendar, Niagara is once again hosting the world’s cool climate Chardonnay producers this July. And you’re invited to the celebration. Here is the news release issued on Monday:

Final day in Burgundy. Grand Crus, Pascal Marchand and more

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  Note: Wines In Niagara is compiling a daily photo blog from Burgundy during the Grands Jours de Bourgogne, an annual celebration of the wines from the entire region.

Burgundy Day IV: Montrachet vineyard and Cote Chalonnaise, oh my!

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  Note: Wines In Niagara is compiling a daily photo blog from Burgundy during the Grands Jours de Bourgogne, an annual celebration of the wines from the entire region.

Burgundy, Day III: Marsannay, Maconnais and Cote de Beaune

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Note: Wines In Niagara is compiling a daily photo blog from Burgundy during the Grands Jours de Bourgogne, an annual celebration of the wines of the entire region.