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Willow Springs 2007 Merlot

03/23/2010 - Weekly Wine Note and Podcast … For full review copy and paste the following link into your browser: http://ontariowinereviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/willow-springs-2007-merlot-1400.html ... when cutting and pasting into your browser be sure ...

Willow Springs 2005 Testa Limited Reserve Cabernet Fran...

This is one of those wines that you first try, then ask the price, then try it again – and during that second sip and swallow you’re thinking to yourself, “no way this wine is that price, better buy a few bottles before the guy realizes he’s made a mistak ...

Willow Springs 2005 Baco Noir

This is not the full, hearty, foxy Baco we’ve all come to expect from this grape. Nor is this a clone of the 2003 version … Willow Springs continues to experiment with it’s homegrown grape to see what can be done with it. There version of Baco is lighte ...

Willow Springs 2004 Testa Pinot Noir

01/15/2008 - Weekly Wine Note and Podcast … For full review copy and paste the following link into your browser: http://ontariowinereviews.blogspot.com/2008/01/willow-springs-does-not-grow-all-of.html

Willow Springs 2004 Baco Cabernet Franc

Willow Springs has been making a name for themselves with their light and fruity tasting Baco Noir grown on their own property up in Stouffville. By the same token, year after year, their Cabernet Franc has shown great promise … so it was only a matter o ...

Willow Springs 2002 Cabernet

I think I am going to dub Willow Springs with the title “wines that surprise”. About two years ago I visited with unappealing results – unfriendly wines, with oddly named grapes on the shelf (Geisenheim; Lucy Kulman) and, although it was not out of the w ...

Willow Springs 2002 Baco Noir

Most of the people I know don’t like Baco – it always seems to be too something to people and as one person once said to me “It’s foxy but not in a good way.” But when David Churchill of the LCBO told me to go back to Willow Springs and try this homegrow ...

Willow Heights 2000 Gamay Noir

Now here’s a wine we can all get behind: Willow Heights 2000 Gamay Noir. I will admit to sometimes having a delayed sense of smell – unless of course a skunk has sprayed within a kilometer or two … so when I read some wine reviews I am often miffed by w ...

Wayne Gretzky 2007 Estate Series Shiraz Cabernet

This is the quintessential Aussie blend, made by an Aussie winemaker – so who better to put it all together here in Ontario. This 66% Shiraz, 34% Cabernet was aged 22 months in older America and some French oak. Many say that “Shiraz” can’t be made in N ...

Wayne Gretzky 2005 Meritage

I’ll come right out and say it – I’ve been a fan of no. 99 for many years. I was an Oilers fan long before it became popular (I was born in Edmonton so it stands to reason – I also like the Eskimos). I read books about him in my youth; and I own about 5 ...

Waupoos Estates 2005 Baco Noir

As we all know, Baco can be a pretty harsh grape and can make some pretty harsh tasting wines. When made well, people find Baco can be sublime; but when made poorly, its tastes are well below sub-par. So which side of the coin does this Waupoos version ...

Waupoos Estates 2004 Cabernet-Gamay

Sometimes you just need a red wine you can chill and slug back glass after glass, without too much thought … this is just such a wine. Waupoos claims right on the bottle “semi-dry red wine”, which means there is some residual sugar remaining or added dur ...

Wagner Log House Red

Harold Wagner makes a few grape wines to compliment his line of fruit wines – this red blend changes from year to year, is “seasoned to taste” (his mostly) and remains non-vintaged. This year 80% Gamay and 20% Zweigelt makes for a nice light chillable qu ...

Wagner 2010 Dark Angel

This seems a very tame blend for a usually out-there type of blender like Harold Wagner – this 50/50 duo of Merlot and Cabernet Franc is a fruit forward affair that has slight oak notes: cherry, vanilla and cinnamon take the reins before relinquishing to ...

Vintage Ink (Vincor) 2010 Mark of Passion Merlot/Cabern...

There is no doubt there is plenty of fruit here, it’s juicy, has good flavour and delicate tannins – it’s an easy drinking sippable red for all occasions. Price: $17.95 – Rating: ****

Vintage Ink (Vincor) 2009 Mark of Passion Merlot/Cabern...

Don’t look at your wine map for this winery, and finding it online is quite difficult, Vintage Ink doesn’t exist, it’s just a name with a funky, if not borrowed label idea (see Legends Estates tattoo series). Nice layers of dark fruit with cocoa powder, ...

Vineland Estates 2011 Pinot Meunier

You can look around long and hard and not come up with too many stand-alone Pinot Meunier wines. Pinot Meunier is the third grape in a Champagne blend and usually makes up no more than 10% of the mix. Winemaker Brian Schmidt has been making this grape i ...

Vineland Estates 2011 Cabernet-Merlot

Vineland’s value Cabernet-Merlot is one of the great bargains of Ontario wine year-in and year-out. 2011 is gonna be one of those forgotten years because it comes between two great years 2010 and 2012, but this ’11 should be given it’s props. Black cher ...

Vineland Estates 2011 Cabernet Franc ^New! ^Popular

Long one of my favourite wines from Vineland (for value alone) their base-model Cabernet Franc continues to deliver value for money ... where else are you going to find a quality Franc for $13? Brian Schmidt shows consistency in this grape once again eve ...

Vineland Estates 2010 Pinot Meunier

Their website reads "Act One beats Act Two ..." as you scratch your head I will explain: in 2009 winemaker Brian Schmidt created the first bottling of what is now to become a staple at Vineland, a red wine made from the lowly Pinot Meunier - the also-ran ...

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