Niagara Wine Reviews

Reviews by Rick

Riesling, glorious, Riesling. The best of the best single-vineyard Rieslings from Niagara, tasted, tweeted, reviewed

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Riesling, glorious Niagara Riesling. Now, some of you out there might take exception to this next bold declaration, and it’s only one man’s opinion, but Riesling is Niagara’s most important variety, the one grape that is comfortable in the extreme heat of the summer and severe cold of an...

Alvento’s new 2007 Nebbiolo plus Mike Weir, Pillitteri, Henry of Pelham and Nyarai Niagara wines reviewed

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The last time I saw Bruno Moos, the hard-working co-owner of Alvento Winery in Vineland, was during crush last fall. He was buried in a sea of squished grapes, his hands purple from mucking out the leftovers from the grape crusher. Moos is not a young man, nor is...

New releases from Tawse, Chateau des Charmes and GreenLane reviewed

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New wine releases in Niagara are coming out fast and furiously, all created to capture the hearts and palates of the swarm of visitors who brave the clogged QEW each and every day to pick up their favourite new bottles and spend a little time in wine country. Wines...

A very cool and ‘wild’ Chardonnay and other wines from Rosewood Estate reviewed

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Rosewood Estates Winery and Meadery, perfectly situated along that magnificent Mountainview Road stretch of wineries on the Beamsville Bench, is a small-batch, artisanal, family-run operation that has roared onto the Niagara wine scene with a fine and eclectic portfolio of wines and meads. It only opened in 2006 with...

Some exciting 2008 new white wines (and just released 2007 reds) from Niagara’s Stratus

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Winemaker Jean-Laurent (J.L.) Groux will tell you that the success of any given bottle of wine made at Stratus Vineyards “is not our decision. It is nature’s decision.” That is a modest declaration for the veteran Niagara-on-the-Lake winemaker. What truly goes on in the experimental kitchen that Groux presides...