Niagara Wine Reviews

Reviews by Rick

Nothing says ‘Happy Anniversary’ like a 15-litre bottle of Pillitteri’s top red blend from the amazing 2002 vintage

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Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Pillitteri Estates Winery celebrated its 20thanniversary in Niagara a couple of weeks ago and what a treat it was to help them mark the occasion.

The wines of Niagara’s 2027 Cellars: Inside the virtual reality of Kevin Panagapka’s ‘precious’ barrel room

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“We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious.”

You say Shiraz, he says Syrah; the thrilling wines from Five Rows Craft Wine in Niagara

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It’s largely ceremonial, of course, but Wes Lowrey makes the point brilliantly as he pulls out a pen and deftly scratches out the word “Shiraz” and scribbles beside it “Syrah.”

Bring on summer! Niagara wine releases from Chateau des Charmes, Coyote’s Run and the Good Earth

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It’s nearly summer and the wineries of Niagara are pumping out the new releases at a feverish pace.

Foreign Affair sets the record straight on appassimento wines in Niagara (plus reviews of new wines)

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Len Crispino and his wife Marisa are quite animated as we discuss recent negative stories regarding one of the fastest growing styles of wines in Ontario.