The Search for Good Wine Under $10
Here’s a foursome of quaffable wines—two from Italy and two from Portugal—than will go easy on the pocketbook, including three for under $10! Sensi Dalcampo...
A Value-Packed White and an Impressive Red
My previous post highlighted 36 of the best wines you can purchase at the LCBO for less than $18. The first one below will probably...
36 UNDER 18: The Best Wines Under $18
Well, it’s time for TheLushLife.ca’s annual list of the best wines you can buy in Ontario for less than $18. This is all about red,...
VARIETY PACK: 6 Distinctive Wines
The world is opening up again, meaning more get-togethers, from dinner engagements to pool parties. Here are six completely different wines to help cover off...
MEET THE SOMM: Colleen Petrick, Restaurant Manager, Megalomaniac Wines
Parents of competitive athletes understand—those perpetual travels to picturesque towns across the country and around the globe where all your ‘tourist’ photos end up being...
GIDDY-UP! Wakefield jumps on board fundraising effort to save seahorses
“Something special happened the day we dug our first vineyard dam,” Taylors/Wakefield Wines notes of the tiny fossilized seahorses that were unearthed during that early...
MEET THE SOMM: Manuel Gonzalez, Head Sommelier, Treadwell Cuisine, Niagara-on-the-Lake
When Manuel Gonzalez walks up to your table at the iconic Treadwell Cuisine in Niagara-on-the-Lake, you can be forgiven if you initially mistake him for...
VALUE GALORE: Wines Straight Out of LeftField, the Rhone and Portugal
More great value picks this week, including a very portable mid-weight Portuguese red blend, a new-and-improved version of a Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc and a juicy red from the Southern...
MEET THE SOMM: Paul Aquino, Victoria’s Steak and Seafood, Hamilton
Stewing in his Hamilton home, yearning for pandemic-free days and packed restaurants, Paul Aquino is 3,300 kilometres from his birthplace, and even further from his...
A Worthy Syrah, Albariño and Riesling that Won’t Break the Bank
A few new releases to ponder today from the other side of Earth—each worth the mild dent in your pocketbook. Wakefield Estate Riesling 2019 —...
