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Oct 25 LCBO Release Highlights – Veneto, Ross Morrison
Oct 25 LCBO Release – Veneto – Ross Morrison Veneto is home to Amarone, Ripasso, Valpolicella, and Reciotto, and the ‘appassimento’ method of wine making. All of these wines (with the exception of Valpolicella) are made with the appassimento method … Continue reading
Vintages Highlights Oct 11/08 Aussies & Rhones – Ross Morrison
Oct 11/08 Vintages Highlights – Australia & Rhone Valley Australia is making a push to overcome its reputation of just producing big Barossa Valley fruit bombs. These big fruity wines (often with little middle or finish) do come to mind … Continue reading
Vintages Highlights – Sep 27/08 – Burgundy, by Ross Morrison
Vintages Highlights – Sep 27/08 – Burgundy by Ross Morrison ‘Find a village, a producer, a vintage, a vineyard’, that is the message when looking for wine from Burgundy. Find a combination of these parameters that you like then use … Continue reading
Sept 13 Vintages Release – Ontario, Ross Morrison’s Review
Ontario wine has been on the rise for some time now. Vines take several years of growing before they produce good wine. However, Niagara is still in a phase of exploration, exploring what works and what does not. The key … Continue reading
August 30 Vintages Release – Spain & Portugal, Ross Morrison’s Review
Spain is known as a good producer of economical red wines that have already been aged, and are ready to drink. Historically, Spanish producers have aged their wine until they feel it is ready to drink. It is not unusual … Continue reading
Que Syrah Shiraz – A tasting with friends, Ross Morrison
Que Syrah Shiraz, June 3 2007 With the increase in production of Syrah/Shiraz around the world, friends and I thought it would be good to get together and taste a few good examples of each along with some possible food … Continue reading
August 16 2008 Vintages Release – Ross Morrison’s Review
August 16 Vintages Release Chilean wines are spotlighted in this release. While many wax enthusiastically about Chile being the newest great producer of fine wines, I view it more as a source of good value wines but with few justifying … Continue reading