Blog Posts - Cabernet Sauvignon

The first day of my 2-day visit to Niagara for the annual Grape & Wine Festival was on September 17. We visited 4 wineries on this day, two in Twenty Valley and two in Niagara-on-the-Lake.Our first stop was at Magnotta Winery to whet our appetite...

In my continuing series of wines tasted in May, I had the opportunity to attend the 2nd annual Ontario's Southwest City Fare that was put on by the iYellow Wine Club. This food and wine event was held at 99 Sudbury and spanned two rooms - the 99 Gall...

In late-May, I had the pleasure of tasting the wines of Arboleda from Chile with winemaker Emily Faulconer. The venue was El Catrin, in the Distillery District, where after tasting through the Arboleda portfolio, we had the opportunity to try the win...

Tonight's wine just arrived at the LCBO last week and is now widely available throughout the province.The grapes for this Fleur du Cap Cabernet Sauvignon were sourced from the Somerset West vineyards, planted in decomposed shale and Stellenbosch vine...

Here are a pair of fun summer wines suitable for the patio or relaxing at the cottage. Both the EastDell Pinot Grigio and the Black Cab have been on shelves at the LCBO for many years, but the latest vintage for each wine arrives with a brand new loo...

This mid-May tasting titled "Savour Australia" featured wines from about 25 wineries and was held in a compact room at George Restaurant on Queen Street East. At times, the room felt very small due to the high number of people in attendance. Overall,...

The May 28 VINTAGES Release will be on shelves this coming Saturday and features the wines from Veneto as its main theme, while the mini-theme features the players from the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting.We'll begin with the secondary theme that hono...

We made a gallant attempt to give up wine during Lent. With Lent in the rearview mirror, it was time to revisit a favorite from the cellar. Second Bottle Sipping We first tasted Gamut two years ago. I’m a fan of Flora Springs winery and this propr...

This savoury, earthy red wine was purchased more than 6 years ago from the November 7, 2009 LCBO VINTAGES Release, well before I starting blogging about wine. It's unfortunate that after the 2006 vintage there were only two vintages that were release...

Hosting the fourth largest wine industry in the world, Australia produces some truly amazing drops and some of our wineries are world renowned. There are wineries in every Australian state and some of our most highly regarded wine regions include Coo...

Estas fechas que nos acercan al fin de año son tambien propicias para abrirnos un poco el corazón, y cuando recibí noticia de este vino, y de su caracter benéfico, no tardé en solicitar mas información; curiosamente, de esta bodega, de una de s...

The final instalment of wines from Southbrook Vineyards is the Poetica Red from their top-of-the-line "Poetica" collection. I wrote a brief introduction about this collection of wines during my review of their 2012 Poetica Chardonnay.Featured on the...

Tonight's wine is a very special red wine that'll be in LCBO VINTAGES on November 14th.This wine comes from Tenuta PoggioVerrano, located in the Maremma wine region in southern Tuscany. The vineyards are 27 hectares in size with rocky soils of calcar...

Una sensación parecida a la persona de la foto siento cuando exploras internet buscando datos y noticias de la D.O. Arlanza y te das cuenta que, quitando apenas cuatro colegas y webs , uno se siente predicando en el desierto , o como en la foto, sen...

On May 5th, I had the pleasure of attending a Greek Wine Tasting Party hosted at the iYellow Wine Cave. The evening was filled with Greek fare such as olives, cheese, dessert, and other traditional Greek foods that were served alongside more than 30...

No todos los días se celebra un nacimiento, y no todos los días se celebra el cierre de un círculo, una larga espera como la que este vino ha tenido , antes de la noche de aquel viernes cerca de Zaragoza ; celebrábamos en nacimiento de Laura , oj...

From The Archives… To help whet your whistle, here are five interesting facts about Cabernet Sauvignon (courtesy of Wikipedia and Snooth): Despite its prominence in the industry, the grape is a relatively new variety. It’s the product of a chanc...

In German folklore, Faust is a scholar who becomes disenchanted with life and makes a deal with the devil in exchange for another chance at youth. While we certainly do not recommend deals like that – this wine is powerfully good. We popped open th...

California has a long and storied vineyard history. Despite the emergence of successful, smaller vineyards on the East Coast of the United States as far north as the finger lakes area of New York, California wine country, primarily Napa Valley and So...

Cabernet Sauvignon in Dry Creek Valley is relatively unknown. Dry Creek Valley is much more widely known for superb Zinfandel. Surprisingly, the valley has almost as much Cab planted as Zinfandel. Conditions are great for Cabernet grapes with long d...

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