Posts by: Mike Di Caro
South of Reif and Inniskillin, two of the pioneering wineries responsible for bringing worldwide recognition to Niagara’s Icewine, sits a relatively new winery along the Niagara Parkway: Riverview Cellars. Although having only been open for 10 years, the Pillitteri family who owns the Niagara River property has been farming and selling [...]
Continue Reading →‘I don’t really have a sweet tooth so I don’t usually have a drink with dessert and even when I do indulge it’s just too sweet.’ In his years behind the tasting bar Reif Sommelier and Wine Club Manager Archie Hood has heard many dismiss Icewine as one dimensional and too [...]
Continue Reading →You don’t need to know anything about Stratus’ history to realise this is a winery that is serious about its craft. One pull on handle of the impossibly tall doors of the minimalist rectangular prism reveals a room of clean lines in shades of black, white and grey.
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Continue Reading →If there’s one thing that is consistently brought-up when talking about the John Howard Cellars of Distinction’s Megalomaniac wines it’s the marketing. In particular it’s the labels that get most of the attention. So it is appropriate that over a weekend in mid-November Tanya Scholes was at [...]
Continue Reading →Old world wine made in the new world accompanied by old world food made with fresh Canadian ingredients. Hearing it seems like a bit of contradiction but the recent dinner by Didier Leroy and Norman Hardie went a long way to showing that you can build something special and unique yet [...]
Continue Reading →Sitting down family-style at the head of the table filled with locally sourced El Gastrónomo Vagabundo spicy Thai pork tacos paired with the racy acidity and tropical flavours of his ‘Twisted’ blend, proprietor Ed Madronich recalls the story of how he got into the wine [...]
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Past the neatly planted blocks of vines we drive by piles of compost and take a dirt road that shakes the truck just enough to make notetaking difficult. Just beyond the native tall grass and trees we meet 25 important members of the winery. A few eagerly anticipate the visit returning, [...]
Continue Reading →Walking in to the tasting room at the Foreign Affair Winery is like walking into the community centre of a small town. Although it is technically not home there is a warmth and a sense that not only are you welcome to be yourself but you are [...]
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