As sultry, sensuous jazz singer Kellylee Evan ventured into the sun-baked crowd at Hillebrand Estate Winery on a perfect summer’s afternoon, one could be forgiven for getting a little caught up in the moment. It’s that combination of live jazz against a backdrop of swaying grape vines, a convivial...
More shocking news from Old Media this week in the form of taunts from the California wine industry and a good-news, bad-news report from economists at the Bank of Montreal. Let’s deal with California first.
Ah, yes. Canada Day. Time to celebrate all that is great about this country. Canada is great, the best country on earth. And so are our wines. Fantastic. Now let’s move on. I won’t tell you to drink Canadian wines, or give you the usual BS about why Canadian...
Driving up the lane to the out of the way Coyote’s Run Estate Winery in St. Davids, the property is evenly split by two distinct vineyards that form the backbone of this country estates’ wine program. You can’t immediately see the difference, but you certainly can taste it. It’s...
Not a lot of wine couples have their feet as firmly planted in as many places as Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble. There’s Niagara, of course, with Sperling crafting the wines at Southbrook Vineyard, and Gamble as the winery consultant at Ravine Vineyard (he was also part of the...
