Colin Stanners was a chemist, and moved to California where he started drinking wine. He moved back to Canada and wanted to make his own, so he thought the County…
Prince Edward County, Ontario (2) Huff Estates
Huff Estates was originally a hop farm, but now it’s a winery, and also hosts an art gallery and some luxury accommodation. Owner Lanny Huff began the project in 2002,…
Prince Edward County, Ontario’s cool wine region (1) overview
In wine terms, Prince Edward County is just an infant wine region. The County is an island on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in easy striking distance of Toronto…
Judging the National Wine Awards of Canada 2019
I’m just on my way home from a week spent judging the National Wine Awards of Canada. This was my sixth year of judging this excellently organised competition. I started…
Sea Star, wines from the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada
You probably haven’t run into all that many wines from British Columbia’s Gulf Islands. Here’s a producer to look out for, though: Sea Star. They are located on Pender Island,…
Fun in Canada: Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria, for Top Drop
I’ve just been out to Canada to take part in an event called Top Drop, which was held in three cities in the west of the country: Calgary, Vancouver and…
#gogamaygo: the rising star of Gamay from Ontario
As part of Toronto’s Terroir Symposium I was asked to lead a tasting of Ontario Gamay. It was titled by the hashtag that Canadian Dr Janet Dorozynski came up with…
Tasting appassimento-style wines from Niagara, Canada
This tasting at the Terroir symposium in Toronto was led by Elsa Macdonald, and it focused on the topic of her MW dissertation: appassimento-style wines from Canada’s Niagara peninsula. These…
Comparing New Zealand and Ontario Pinot Noirs
Yesterday I took part in a really interesting event in Toronto. It brought together 12 Ontario Pinot Noirs with 12 New Zealand Pinots in a blind tasting, and I was…