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Drink Chenin Day: South African Sampler, Part I
By Peter Vetsch [These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes.] As far as concocted wine holidays go, this one has a rather organic beginning. The first Drink Chenin Day, a global...
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Drink Chenin Day (Epilogue): South African Sampler, Part II – Wagnerians vs....
By Raymond Lamontagne [These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes.] Although Drink Chenin Day is now in the rearview mirror for this year, our South African wine feature is but half...
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Revisiting the Classics: Joseph Drouhin Bourgogne
By Peter Vetsch [These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes.] And we’re back. After a brief summer hiatus that involved winery visits, wildfires, new home purchases, way too much...
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Southern Rhone Unknown: Welcome To The Luberon, Part I
By Raymond Lamontagne [These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes.] The fact that there are so many poorly known wine regions in France (at least to North American drinkers) is...
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Southern Rhone Unknown: Welcome To The Luberon, Part II
By Peter Vetsch [These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes.] A common tactic you’ll hear about value hunting in the world of wine is to take a highly exalted and pedigreed region...
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Amulet Wines: Fall 2021 Releases
By Peter Vetsch [These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes] One of the most anticipated sets of releases out of the Okanagan Valley for me every year are those of Amulet, winemaker...
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Culmina Winery: Old & New
By Peter Vetsch [These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes.] Highway 97 runs south from Oliver to Osoyoos and is surrounded by vines on both sides. With Osoyoos Lake in the foreground...
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Flat Rock Cellars: An Ontario Boutique Pioneer
By Raymond Lamontagne [These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes.] I almost literally jumped at this opportunity to blog an Ontario winery. Although I’m a western boy born and raised,...
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Bordelais Nouveau: Chateau Argadens
[These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes.] OK, these Bordeaux aren’t THAT new, but in a region that often measures time in centuries, a winery that is a scant two decades old counts...
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Malbec Mayhem: Malbec World Day 2022
By Peter Vetsch and Raymond Lamontagne [These bottles were provided as samples for review purposes.] Everyone’s favourite proclaimed and grammatically questionable vinous holiday has returned: April...
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