The Crush

An honest, no-nonsense appraisal about the wines I have recently drunk - based on a modified Cyr rating scheme (see right panel). The bottom line will be, IS IT WORTH IT? From experience (some of it bad - read COSTLY) I have found that paying a lot for wine does not always mean great wine. I am based out of Canada, so prices and availability are for Quebec and Ontario. PS: CLICK ON THE IMAGES if you want to enlarge them!

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Turkey Shoot

I can't resist trying Mexican wines. One of my great regrets is not stopping at the Cetto Bodega in Baja - we flew by on the Baja...

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Tasty New Argentine Offerings

SAQ had a sale on, a whole 10%!! So off we went to try out some new offerings. A bunch of Argentine wines got my ...

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Summer Refreshments

Have been going through some whites and rose as the temperature climbs. But have also started to drink the Niagara wines we bought 2 y...

Monday, June 04, 2012

Odds 'n Ends

Summer's here (I think!), so time to start sampling some cheapo whites that will be quaffed quickly on those lazy, hot afternoons. K ...

Monday, May 07, 2012

Cuban Plonk

Cuban wine?? WTF. Not what I expected to find there. Talk about "hot climate" wine. But you know me, I had to try it. Th...

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Fed Up

I am sick and tired of some of the garbage that is being packaged as mid priced wine. Yeah, the $15-20 range, that "sweet spot" -...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Ridge and a Surprise

Ridge is one of my favourite California wineries. One of the best Cabs I have had came from their Monte Bello vineyard in the Santa Cruz mo...

Friday, December 16, 2011

Rubber Chicken

Ever try any Long Island wines? Long where you say? North Fork, Long Island, New York state to be exact. This peninsula is surrounded by...

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Unfair

The latest Wine Spectator top 100 list is out...and coming in at #58 is the Bodega Catena Zapata, Malbec, 2009 . It is readily available wh...

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Smokin' Partners

Mencia is an uncommon grape from the little known (in North America) appellation of Bierzo in Spain. When I saw a review for the Pittacum,...

Sunday, May 02, 2010

Brash Marketing

Woaaah...this label is so brash you almost need sunglasses to tone it down. Washington state's The Magnificent Wine Company's labe...

Saturday, April 10, 2010

More Mendoza

Continuing my visits to Uco Valley vineyards brings me to Altus, just outside the town of Tupungato (which itself is shadowed by the 22,000 ...

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Mendoza

Ahhh, harvest time. Ripe, sweet, fat malbec grapes. Nothing is better than tasting the grapes in the hot sun gazing at the Andes, and then...

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