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March 26, 20241

Niagara wine country at centre of universe for rare total solar eclipse (a guide)

By Rick VanSickle If anything can eclipse Nik Wallenda's 2012 highwire walk across Niagara Falls, which drew 150,000 people to the region, it just mi

March 19, 20242

Baby Duck, it still quacks me up, plus a dam fine Chardo, and Vintages picks

By Rick VanSickle Oh, yeah, and everyone had a big laugh. Gift the wine writer a chilled bottle of Baby Duck and hilarity ensues. (more…)

March 15, 20242

Ontario wine vintage charts all the way back to 1998 (with 2023 just added)

By Rick VanSickle When winemakers quote Charles Dickens you know something dramatic occurred with the Ontario grape harvest in 2023. (more…)

March 12, 20240

A Niagara grower’s lament on icewine, grape surpluses, and taxation

There is no doubting that icewine put Canada on the world wine map, but in recent years, that sweet vinous treat has fallen on hard times. (more&helli

March 7, 20242

The dry “miracle” in the fall that saved the Ontario grape harvest in 2023

By Rick VanSickle It was a dickens of a year for growing grapes in Ontario in 2023, but don’t take our word for it, read what dozens of winemakers an