Niagara Wine Reviews Archives

February 3, 20260

Critics go head-to-head on Niagara’s Kirby Estate wines

By Rick VanSickle It’s sage advice, in health as it is in wine, to always get a second opinion. (more…)

January 29, 20263

By Rick VanSickle A new day is dawning for Niagara’s Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery — a fresh vision, team and the sixth generation of family knocki

January 23, 20260

By Rick VanSickle Keeping up with the viral trend of the year, here’s a flashback to 2016 — a great vintage for Niagara red wines, but a very bad y

January 19, 20260

By Rick VanSickle In 2022, the Al Borgo project was barely a concept of a concept with newly planted experimental vines and grandiose plans for a d

January 6, 20260

By Rick VanSickle I wrote my wine first wine column while working as an editor for the Calgary Sun newspaper over 25 years ago. (more…)