Ritchie on Jonata
Santa Ynez Valley’s Jonata (‘Honata’) Winery is the cousin of Screaming Eagle, a cult wine from...
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Vino Matti
For an authentic Tuscan culinary and wine evening, head to the bustling Tutti Matti (“Everyone’s...
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Ritchie on Errazuriz
Francisco Baettig, Chief Winemaker at Chile’s Vinas Errazuriz, was at the Toronto Hunt Club for a...
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Uitkyk Estate
Uitkyk Estate is a 600 hectare winery, nestled up against the mountains in South Africa’s...
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Sir George Fistonich
Sir George Fistonich, founder and owner of New Zealand’s Villa Maria Estate Winery, is a...
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Well Guthrie is a frontrunner of a new wave of winemakers who are turning away from the ripe, highly extracted wines that have become a trademark of Californian Pinot Noirs. As a tasting co-ordinator at the Wine Spectator in...
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David Paxton is one of Australia’s most respected viticulturalists, with a reputation for growing grapes of exceptional quality. For over forty years, he has developed and managed vineyards in the Australian wine regions of...
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Alvaro Palacios: An Iconic Spanish Wine Producer
Alvaro Palacios has become one of Spain’s legendary winemakers in just over 20 years. His father Jose Palacios Remondo was a pre-eminent Rioja winemaker at the family’s Palacios Remondo winery. He sent Alvaro, the seventh of his nine children, to study winemaking in France at famed Chateau Petrus on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux region and in California at Stag’s Leap in Napa Valley. His hope was that Alvaro would succeed him at their Rioja winery. Instead, Alvaro struck out in 1989 at the age of 25 to find a way to emulate Chateau Petrus wines in Spain, creating a rift between them for almost a decade.
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Lammershoek Roulette Vertical Tasting
Lammershoek Wine Estate is a short 45 minute drive (50km) north of Cape Town, located in the Paardeberg wine region of Swartland. The winery’s name means ‘lamb’s corner’ as the ewes and lambs sought protection from the predatory black eagles (Lammervanger in Cape Dutch) by hiding in the property’s forests.
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Oregon’s Highly Respected Phelps Creek Vineyards
Bob Morus, a professional Boeing 777 pilot, was the first to recognize the potential of Oregon’s Hood River as a wine growing area. Until he moved there from Chicago in 1989, the region was known for its fruit orchards. .. the rest is history.
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The 31st Annual B.C. Wine Awards
Barbara Ritchie gives us the insider information from the BC Wine Competition. Of the 455 wines that were judged, over half were medal winners!
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The 2011 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (RAWF) Wine Competition
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (RAWF) has been on Toronto’s November calendar since 1922. To promote and sell Ontario wine, they initiated an annual wine judging competition in 2008. This year’s head judge was Jeremy Day, who launched Toronto’s Café Taste and now runs Café Taste: Events, focused on VQA events including the café Taste Ontario Wine Pavilion at this year’s fair.
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