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Hamilton 2003 Almond Grove Chardonnay Nose of ripe apple, pear, vanilla and spice. Well balanced on the palate with good acidity and a creamy mouthful. Fairly dry and has good length. Thought it might be headed downhill but it was still delivering the goods. Chateau Calissanne 2000 Clos Victoire A ...

There are plenty of good wineries in the Okanagan valley of British Columbia which you should be driving through on your way. Kelowna in the heart of wine country is about 5.5 hrs. from Vancouver and 9 hrs. from Calgary. If you are their in May see if you can find a copy of the Canadian Wine Annual ...

Gavin:

Get away from the black and white on the forum topics...horrible, but don't go back to the old pink background on the site either, the one great thing with the new colours is you can see the scroll button on the right whereas it was almost invisible before.

Have been approached to join in on purchasing some private imports and have only been able to taste one of the wines. Would appreciate any opinions on these wines and also as to QPR based on what I would pay as shown below. From what I can find they seem like they may be pretty decent. All Woodside ...

Kanonkop Paul Sauer 1999 Stellenbosch Blend of Cab Sauv, Franc & Merlot. Deep purple colour. Vibrant nose of wild berries, pencil shavings, and earthy aromas. Well balanced with fine tannins, good length. Not too fruit forward. Will last another 5+ easily. My first taste, still 2 left for a coup...

Just a couple of items to hopefully make you chuckle while enjoying a drop this weekend. A new wine for seniors California vintners in the Napa Valley area, who make a lot of Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio wines, have developed a new hybrid grape that acts as an anti-diuretic. It is expect...

Hi: If you look at my posting: (Last Post Feb. 01) Must Visit wineries/wines for visitor to Clare/Barossa etc m You will see the many recommendations that I received for wineries to visit from forum members. Although some smaller wineries may not be open there are still lots to visit. We are going L...

Thanks for the comments on the Two Hands wines. The LCBO lets wine writers taste most of the wines before their twice monthly "releases" of what we call non-general list wines. The wine review service I subscribe to didn't get to taste either of the Two Hands so I was flying blind on them. FYI, here...

Finney wrote: You might want to research what happens if you have more than 4 bottles and declare. In Australia we also have restrictions on how much alcohol we can bring back from overseas but if we go over and declare the excess, we can bring in as much as we like. We are hit for GST and Customs D...

Have opportunity to order these wines this month and wondered if anyone can give me an opinion on any of them. Two Hands 04 Bella's Garden Shiraz ($59.95Can) 04 Gnarly Dudes Shiraz ($29.95Can) D'Arenberg 04 Laughing Magpie S/V ($26.95Can) Quartz Reef (NZ) 03 Pinot Noir ($39.95CAN) Need to place orde...

Read first news today of their release here in Canada as futures with delivery in 2007. Both priced at $330Can. ($305 Au). with option of either cork or screwcap. Usual procedure for futures with LCBO is 3 bottle minimum, 50% down now and balance on delivery. Might order 3 with a friend and enjoy to...

Will be in Barossa & Clare for 3 days in mid-May and then driving from there to Melbourne and passing thru Coonawarra staying one night in Naracoorte and one night in Halls Gap. Am looking for suggestions for "must visit" wineries and possible bottles to consider purchasing. Had the following su...

Here in Ontario we suffer gov't taxes and excise totalling 50.1% of the price of a bottle of wine in LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) retail stores. On top of that there is an operating cost built into selling price which nets the gov't $1 billion plus a year in dividends beyond the taxes. The...