Canadian Wine Review
Meglomaniac Homegrown Cellar 4379 (2015). The wine can be found at the wineries website
Word Wine Review: Predator Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 (Cabernet Sauvignon Blend) LCBO # 508242
This wine was recommended to me at work Lady bugs are used in the vineyards that make this wine to control Aphid infestations. Read the review below the picture.
The wine is a deep ruby color with medium aromas of smoke and charred wood. It is youthful.
On the palate it's dry with medium acidity and surprisingly low tannins. It's full bodied with medium alcohol and medium plus flavors of smoke, charred wood, blueberry raspberry and cherry. There is a long finish. It is fine to drink now .
A very good value at 21.95 and a gem find.
The score ( cognitive Vinotype sensitive, weighted) Very Good 92
Scoring Acceptable 84-86 Good 87-89 Very Good 90 to 94 Out Standing 95+
Word Wine Review: Grover Zampa Art Collection Sauvignon Blanc 2015 LCBO # 498329
This is a new feature that will be appearing here. My spare time is being squeezed by circumstances so more reviews will be done in the form of blog entries. I will still do video reviews time permitting. The review is below the picture.
I love trying wines from areas that are not known for their winemaking and this is one from Nandi Hills India. The assessment is based on WSET level 3 criteria.
The wine was clear with a pale lemon color with the nose being clean and having light citrus grapefruit and lime aromas. It is youthful.
On the palate it's dry with high acidity and medium alcohol. Medium bodied, it has light intensity citrus again grapefruit and lime notes. The finish is medium. and should be consumed now .
The wine was made in a tropical zone but at great altitude in the Nandi Hills which is 1500 meters above sea level. (the same as Argentina's Mendoza vineyards.) Considering this is coming from an area of the world that has no significant history for making wine it is a pretty good effort.
The score ( cognitive Vinotype sensitive, weighted) Good 87
Scoring Acceptable 84-86 Good 87-89 Very Good 90 to 94 Out Standing 95+
Wine Dining Review: The Sweet Wine Lovers Manifesto by Tim Hanni
Very good if incomplete.
The book doesn't say anything new when I read it but I very much like the tone in how it is said. There is an honest effort to explain terminology ( IE group delusion) and provides some nice antidotal and referenced examples to establish the case for sweet wines to be more than "just dessert". No doubt many in the wine industry perpetuate dry wine myths as inferred in this book but my experience is the number of exceptions may be a lot higher. In one of my WSET classes the Instructor asked how we would use a Tokaji sweet wine. I decided to see what would happen if I argued using much of the referenced sources mentioned in this book that it could be used as a main course wine. The result was a complete acceptance of my arguments by the instructor and a thank you for pointing out that it could be used for much more than dessert.
What the book lacks is an addressing of the way wine tasting and analysis is taught in wine courses and whether it should be changed, abandoned totally, or left as is and why. If professional tasters can disagree on how the same wine tastes then what is the point in having a tasting exam that expects a set of characteristics on a certain wine to be mentioned when a taster is in a different sensory world and does not experience them. In order to pass the taster has to"translate" their sensory experience by equating certain sensations to ones that the evaluater is looking for even though they may not be experiencing it. This forces a kind of sensory dishonesty. Mr Hanni needed to address this regardless of whether it should be done away with or kept as is.
If this was covered I could give this book 5 stars. Since it doesn't I give it four
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World Wine Review KrimSekt Semi Sweet Sparkling Wine
A Sparkling wine made in the Champagne Method from Crimea
Redstone Winery Niagara Bench
We heard raves about this winery and checked it out when in the area. The result a great looking winery, great service and great wines. Will definitely come again.
Colaneri Estate Winery Niagara on the Lake
The winery is designed to look like a village in Italy. The grounds are also landscaped this way. I say Veneto region because the wines are made in the appassimento style . The grapes are dried to concentrate flavors.The wines made reflect this. The production facilities are the largest I have seen and the winery grounds are very large thus the video reflects this with it's length. A picture taken at the right angles you could actually fool people to believe it was Italy.
Two Sisters Vineyards NIagara on the Lake
Published on Dec 17, 2015
Shot in late October this is a large wine property producing higher end wine that have corresponding quality. We had a very good visit.
Angels Gate Sussreserve Riesling 2013
The debut review, the concepts of physiological and cognitive vinotypes are introduced. Please forgive the imperfections it will improve in the future but there is enough there to inform .
Cognitive Vinotype is my term based what I have learned on how all this works. Tim Hanni may or may not accept this term but its my term for psychological factors that come into play when evaluating wine.
To find out what a Vinotype is watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-tda...
Canadian Wine Review Channel
Wine reviews of wines from all over Canada with the emphasis on Ontario. Based on WSET method of wine evaluation but not limited to it, Vinotype Weighted 100 point scores will be used.
World Wine Review
A look at the Hungarian Sweet Wine. I may have crucified some of the Hungarian (please forgive them). The evaluation Vinotype is cognitive sensitive taster.
First Canadian Wine Review
The debut review, the concepts of physiological and cognitive Vinotype are introduced. Please forgive the imperfections it will improve in the future but there is enough there to inform .
Cognitive Vinotype is my term based what I have learned on how all this works. Tim Hanni may or may not accept this term but its my term for psychological factors that come into play when evaluating wine.
To find out what a Vinotype is watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-tdah1EYfs
I am merging the vlog and blog here
In order to simplify administration, all post in the future will be made here. All older posts will be put in an archive