The Churchill tasting is very interesting, because every time they do this tasting I have run out to the LCBO and picked up a few bottles of something.  Last year it was the Hardys Gewurztraminer/Riesling, the year before that it was the Bankside Shiraz.  This year I didn't get a chance to make my post-Churchill LCBO run because I was off to see Joe Sealy’s tribute to Hoagie Carmichael at the Old Mill immediately following the tasting -but I'll tell you what my "run out" wine would have been had I not taken that side trip.

Churchill's entire tasting was comprised of wines on the general list, in vintages or coming to vintages - so that makes it easy to recommend wines and easy for you, dear reader, to run out and get some. 

And here is a list of the wines I deemed worth you getting into your car (or walking) to your local liquor retailer ... (Read more)

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