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November 2, 20220

Backyard sipping with Divergence, plus a perfect Flat Rock Pinot pairing, Vintages picks

By Rick VanSickle In what was likely the last “Wine Karaoke on Rick’s Back Porch,” at least for this year, Divergence owner/winemaker Jeff Moote popp

October 31, 20220

On the Niagara terroir trail with Bachelder’s All Saints Day release (full reviews)

By Rick VanSickle It’s harvest day on the Twenty Mile Bench and Thomas Bachelder asks me — insists, really — to taste this Chardonnay grape and that

October 28, 20220

Charity auction raises over $522,000, plus Malivoire honours health workers

The recent Grapes for Climate Change Action Wine Auction, featuring a wide array of world-class wines and experiences, raised over $522,000, Grapes fo

October 26, 20220

Sweet success without the sugar: A winemaker’s passion for dry sparkling wines

By Rick VanSickle There is nothing sweet about 13th Street winemaker JP Colas. Absolutely zero. Zilch. Nada. In a winemaking sort of way. (more&helli

October 20, 20220

The bar just keeps rising at Niagara’s Queylus, just ask Champlain Charest

By Rick VanSickle He turned 90 years old last year, but just like the greatest wines in the world that he has collected over the decades, Champlain C