By Rick VanSickle In the early days of appassimento-style Niagara wines, only a few brave souls attempted to make these big, high alcohol expressio
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By Rick VanSickle As we start cheering on our athletes participating in the 2026 Winter Olympics today, why not toast them with Canadian wine made
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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
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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
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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…)
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