Ontario’s newest wine region in the Simcoe-Port Dover area is small in comparison to, say, Niagara, but it’s working hard to provide a destination experience for wine lovers. There are only nine wineries that have emerged from out of the dying tobacco growing industry in Norfolk County but they...
NOTE: This interview with Paul-Michel Bosc, the father, and Paul-Andre Bosc, the son, from Chateau des Charmes winery in St. Davids, orignially ran in Wine Access Magazine. This is a longer, unedited version of the interviews.
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 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...
So here’s the deal. There I was, in long-sleeved summer shirt, long pants and dress shoes. I was sweating and hadn’t even had a sip of wine after hiking up the dusty Cherry Avenue, past farmhouses and vineyards to Tawse, the Vineland site of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay...
