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February 4, 20210

A sneak peek at the 2020 Niagara wine vintage at Flat Rock Cellars

By Rick VanSickle We’re starting to get a better picture of the 2020 wine vintage in Niagara, a year many are calling the best in two decades. (more&

January 28, 20210

Canada’s gift to the wine world — icewine — needs a big hug, plus new Niagara wine reviews

By Rick VanSickle Icewine is Canada’s greatest vinous treasure, our gift to the wine world, so why is it going through such troubled waters these day

July 22, 20200

A BarrelHead of fun at Pillitteri, plus a whole whack of new Niagara wine reviews

By Rick VanSickle There are few silver linings in this the Year of COVID-19, but for a few Niagara wineries, planning for the future has been a welco

March 30, 20202

‘Nothing ever comes easy’ growing grapes in Ontario — notes from a veteran Niagara grape grower

Jamie Slingerland, the director of viniculture at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Pillitteri Estate Winery, is a former Niagara Grape King and presides over the

March 11, 20200

Comprehensive report on the 2019 Ontario grape harvest: ‘The year that just wouldn’t quit!’

By Rick VanSickle Just when you think you’ve seen it all, a grape harvest like 2019 in Ontario comes along and blows that right out of the water. (mo