This Week's Top 10 We are just over a week away from the NHL Trade Deadline. This week's wines to watch are all from the Central Division and will provide you with some big flavour and bold taste. Don't forget to check out your favourite team's wine pairings! Top 10 Divergence Wines – BRUT NATURE... Continue Reading →
Wednesday WineUp – February 21 2024
This Week's Top 10 Top 10 Divergence Wines – BRUT NATURE 2020 Hughes Vineyard Adamo Estate Winery – 2022 Frizzant Rose Divergence Wines – SÉMILLON SAUVIGNON BLANC 2022 Fogolar Wines – 2021 Riesling Grimsby Hillside Vineyard Adamo Estate Winery – 2022 Sogno Unoaked Chardonnay Pyrène Côtes de Gascogne Cuvée Marine Graham’s 2017 Late Bottled Vintage... Continue Reading →
Wednesday WineUp – February 7 2024
This Week's Top 10 Top 10 Divergence Wines – BRUT NATURE 2020 Hughes Vineyard Divergence Wines – SÉMILLON SAUVIGNON BLANC 2022 Pyrène Côtes de Gascogne Cuvée Marine Adamo Estate Winery – 2022 Sogno Unoaked Chardonnay Adamo Estate Winery – 2022 Frizzant Rose Marynissen Estate Winery – 2019 ICON BLANC DE NOIR Fogolar Wines – 2021... Continue Reading →
Wednesday WineUp – January 31 2024
This Week's Top 10 Welcome to the first edition of HWU Wednesday WineUp! This will be a weekly feature and will track the top wines of 2024. *Note - Hockey WineUp Standings will be recorded on an annual basis each year from the Wednesday prior to the All-Star Weekend to the final game of the... Continue Reading →
2024 NHL All-Star Game
Château de Camensac Haut-Médoc 2000 The NHL All-Star Game deserves a wine made of All-Star grape varieties... Queue up Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from Haut-Médoc. Can you think of a better way to enjoy this year's NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto than sipping on a Bordeaux Grad Cru Classee En 1855 from the year Toronto... Continue Reading →
Toronto Maple Leafs 2024 Team Pairing
Divergence - 2021 Viognier Mazza Vineyard What do the Toronto Maple Leafs and Viognier have in common? In the early 1990s a passion returned to the wine growing region of France. The grape varietal Viognier was gaining international recognition and popularity. Grape Growers in Australia, South Africa, USA and Canada took notice and started growing... Continue Reading →
2023 Eastern Conference Round 2: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Florida Panthers
Bachelder Lowrey Vineyard Old Vines Pinot Noir 2020 (Toronto Maple Leafs) VS. Philippe De Rothschild Pinot Noir Pays d’Oc (Florida Panthers) Tale of the Tape Old World vs. New World - the Maple Leafs are one of the oldest and most storied franchises in the history of the NHL and are making a 2nd round... Continue Reading →
Toronto Maple Leafs 2023 Wine Pairing
Bachelder Lowrey Vineyard Old Vines Pinot Noir 2020 Wine Notes: From the winery: Primarily from the 1993 planting. You smell the minerals first, then the fruit. Crunchy, slatey chalk leads before a marvellous, dreamy sheen of gorgeous raspberries and forest strawberries that is topped by slight hints of clove and dried cherries. Toronto Maple Leafs... Continue Reading →
Toronto Maple Leafs 2022 Wine Pairing
Toronto Maple Leafs 2022 Wine Pairing: EastDell Pinot Noir Wine Notes If Brendan Shanahan had any input into the Toronto Maple Leafs 2022 Wine Pairing it would be to "don't discard the plan". With that in mind, the Leafs 2022 Wine Pairing sticks to familiar territory this year with EastDell Pinot Noir, another Niagara VQA... Continue Reading →
Toronto Maple Leafs 2021 Wine Pairing
Toronto Maple Leafs 2021 Wine Pairing, Bachelder Lowrey Vineyard Old Vines Pinot Noir 2018 Wine notes This is a wine that highlights the very best of the Niagara region. Rick VanSickle notes that the Lowrey Vineyard block "has aged gracefully over the last 30 years, and seemingly adds new layers of complexity to its wines... Continue Reading →