WBW #45 - Old World Riesling

Time for another Wine Blogging Wednesday. This one (the 45th edition) features Old World Riesling.

Nice! I now have a good excuse to spend some money on my favourite white wine grape. And I ‘have’ to stay within Northern Europe, a part of the wine world I’ve come to love. This will be fun!

Winnipeg Wine Festival 2008

Another year, another Winnipeg Wine Festival. The annual event is organized to raise money for the Special Olympics, and also to give people a chance to taste many many different wines. For $40, it’s essentially all you can drink (in 1 oz. pours) for three hours, and it’s a great chance to try wines that you may never see again, many of which aren’t widely available (if at all) in Winnipeg. All for a good cause too.

There are a number of events over the week, but the highlight is the public tasting held in the Winnipeg Convention Centre. And once again, I was fortunate enough to see the Festival from the other side of the table. Here are my observations from Friday evening’s public tasting.

Don David Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

In the lead-up to the Winnipeg Wine Festival, I thought I’d share some recent favourites. I hope to actually start posting again in the next few weeks, but this will have to do for now.  First up is a gem of an Argentinian Cabernet Sauvignon from the Michel Torino winery.

Wine Columnists

In the last few years, newspapers have caught on to the concept of blogging. It doesn’t always work, but one of the fringe benefits of newspaper-based blogs has been an increase in wine writing. So to recognize their excellent contributions, here are a few of my favourites.

Merlot and Tempranillo?

Scanning the shelves at the MLCC recently, I noticed some interesting new Spanish wines including some blends I haven’t seen before. I’ve always loved Tempranillo and have recently re-discovered my appreciation of good European Merlot. And this is probably the only post I’ll ever do which covers both Merlot and Tempranillo in the same wine!