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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 2007 '5 Barrel Select' BF Chardonnay
For a guy who claims not to like Chardonnay, it is odd for me to put two in one newsletter, especially when it entails me bumping one of my favourite grapes out of the selection spot, Cabernet Franc (next time). But the bump seems necessary because there ...
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 2003 Vidal Icewine - Testa
Beware of cheap icewine … my mother always tells me to avoid the word cheap, so let me try this again … Beware of inexpensive icewine (“that’s better dear”), it’s usually a sign that the wine has turned or is on the verge of turning into vinegar – sweet v ...
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 ...
Wayne Gretzky 2009 Estate Riesling
As a fan of Wayne's when he played hockey I always figured I'd also be a fan of his wines - the problem with that thinking is there are no cards to collect and cardboard bubble gum that comes with each bottle (I think they could put it under the label - j ...
Wayne Gretzky 2008 Estate Series Sauvignon Blanc
Here's a wine with a nice mouth-feel to it, probably due to a 15 month treatment in oak. Hints of vanilla, grass, grapefruit, passion-fruit and apple cocktail breathe life on to the palate with a decent amount of acidity and a finish reminiscent of peach ...
Wayne Gretzky 2007 No. 99 Unoaked Chardonnay
04/18/2009 - Weekly Wine Note and Podcast … For full review copy and paste the following link into your browser: http://ontariowinereview.libsyn.com/webpage/wayne-gretzky-no-99-2007-unoaked-chardonnay-13-95 ... when cutting and pasting into your browse ...
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 2006 Unoaked Chardonnay
Famous people making wine have come to Niagara with a vengeance … first it was Creekside with their Mike Weir label, then came Coyote’s Run with Bob Izumi wines; Dan Aykroyd picked up the baton a few months ago with Diamond Estates at the helm and now Cre ...
Wayne Gretzky 2006 No. 99 Shiraz Icewine
There aren't many Shiraz Icewines in Ontario, so this is one of a handful made ... for those looking for a companion I would say Shiraz Icewine is very similar to Cabernet Franc Icewine with its strawberry, raspberry and honeyed notes, the main difference ...
Wayne Gretzky 2005 Vidal Icewine
The label on the bottle proclaims “No. 99” – and while I don’t think anybody is about to give this wine that kind of score, it still scores in its own right. It’s icewine, so it’s sweet, and there is no mistaking that it has the pleasant aromas of honey, ...
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 Geisenheim
Here’s another of those grape variety’s that’ll make you ask a variety of questions including: what on God’s green earth is a Geisenheim? Very little seems to be published about this grape, both in books or on the internet, but the little bird whisperin ...
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