Len Crispino Archives - Wines In Niagara

February 6, 20192

The heat of 2016 brings out the best in Niagara’s Foreign Affair winery

By Rick VanSickle Believe the hype about the 2016 vintage in Ontario — climatic conditions were simply perfect for those luscious reds and full

April 13, 20180

Under new owners, Foreign Affair continues doing what it does best — making Niagara appassimento wines from top to bottom

By Rick VanSickle It was the first time walking into The Foreign Affair winery in Vineland that I was not met by an exuberant Len Crispino or

November 5, 20160

A beautiful fall jaunt through Niagara wine country with stops at Foreign Affair, Hidden Bench, Domaine Queylus

Can anything be finer? The riot of fall colours twinkling on the gentle slope of the Niagara Escarpment, the smell of fresh-picked grapes penetrat

November 3, 20140

Big wines from Niagara’s Foreign Affair and Wayne Gretzky lead the on-slaught of Christmas releases from Vintages. Get ’em while they’re hot!

And so it begins. The annual get-em-while-they’re-hot Christmas bonanza wines sweep into Vintages beginning this Saturday. If you snooze you will cert

March 16, 20140

The new wine releases from the appassimento-styled Foreign Affair winery, plus 2012 Stratus Chard, CSV Riesling 2010 from Cave Spring and Vineland’s Sauvignon Blancs

Much has been said and continues to be said about the growing fleet of appassimento-style wines being made in Ontario. (more…)