Journeying through the vines to bring you unpretentious, honest, and fun wine reviews.
8/10 $13.95 Reif Estate Gewürztraminer VQA (Ontario). Straw yellow in colour. Very fragrant👃 of floral🌸, pear and honeysuckle. Dry to off-dry with medium body and crisp mouth watering acidity. Balanced with flavours of pear🍐, lycee, honey🍯 and little spice at the finish. At first sip my mind jumped to thinking this glass would be sweet, but it... Continue Reading →
8/10 $13.95 Adobe Reserva Organic Sauvignon Blanc (Chile). Citrus and honey🍯 on the nose👃 . Dry, light and crisp with medium acidity and the slightest hint of sparkle✨. Notes of zesty citrus🍋, lime, apple🍏 and gooseberry. Finally an organic white wine worthy of a place in my fridge!🏅This sauv blanc is both zesty and delightfully dry with very... Continue Reading →
8.5/10 $13.95 Francois Lurton Sauvignon Blanc Bordeaux (France). Pale straw colour. Citrus and pineapple on the nose👃. Dry and crisp with light body and balanced acidity. The flavours overall seem to be both floral 🌸and peachy🍑 with a clean, short, tropical finish🏝. Other tasting notes include zesty lemon 🍋 lime, gooseberry and pineapple🍍. (I... Continue Reading →
8/10 $19.95 Sandbanks Bay of Quinte Apple Wine (Ontario). Straw yellow in colour. Apple, citrus and floral on the nose 👃. Dry, light bodied and crisp with a slight sparkle.✨ Pleasant and balanced apple flavour.🍎🍏 I initially had read “Apple Wine” and thought: ok- apple juice. It’s going to a) taste like apples and... Continue Reading →
I can always appreciate a good (salad) wine! 🥗😂 Preferably a Sauvignon Blanc, but I’ll take whatever is light and fresh! 🍷 .
6.5/10 $14.95 Angove Organic Chardonnay (Australia). Bright yellow in colour. Extra Dry and medium bodied. Fruity with flavours of citrus, green apple, and light oak. The first few sips seemed very acidic and just reminded me of flat champagne... which kind of makes sense considering Chardonnay is popular grape varietal used to make champagne... Continue Reading →
In today’s blog post I am sharing with you my favourite holiday white wine sangria recipe. This sangria is always a huge hit and has been a go-to of mine this past year (I've made it three times already), since my aunt-in-law had first passed on the recipe to me. Here it is... (drumroll please)... Continue Reading →
7.5/10 $16.95 Frogpond Farms Certified Organic Pinot Grigio VQA (Ontario). Pale gold colour. Sweet pear on the nose. Dry and crisp with high acidity and a slight spritz. Flavours of honeysuckle, pear, and apple. I also felt there was a touch of minerality here. I would definitely use the word ‘zesty’ when desciribing this... Continue Reading →
7.25/10 $10.95 Two Oceans Sauvignon Blanc (South Africa). Smells fruity of citrus and passion fruit. Dry, light body and crisp with high acidity. Flavour notes of lemon, lime and honeydew melon 🍈. Call me crazy but I also got green bell peppers here too. Two Oceans was a featured sale at the liquor store recently... Continue Reading →
8/10 $13.95 Cavit Collection Pinot Grigio delle Venezie (Italy). Very pale straw colour. Floral 🌸and apple aroma. Light to medium-bodied and dry. Nice rounded flavours of citrus 🍋and apple🍏followed by secondary notes of honey 🍯and minerality. Typically I prefer a Pinot Grigio that is super light and glassy and goes down like water (LOL) ✌️...... Continue Reading →
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