Wednesday, November 10, 2010

30 Days Round-up



From Misc


Over the past couple of months I've been lucky enough to be writing content for Spotlight Toronto's 30 Days of Local Wine. Publisher Suresh Doss and all the staff on the site pride themselves on providing more locally focused food, wine and cultural content than anywhere else. The 30 Days of Local Wine focus, which covered not only the wines of our three major regions: Lake Erie North Shore, Niagara and Prince Edward County but the personalities behind the wines, was a great example. If you haven't already explored the 30 Days of Local Wine focus please do so because there is a great breadth of stories from some very talented writers. Even though the 30 Days of Local Wine focus is over look for continued local wine content at Spotlight Toronto because there is a steady flow of great wine produced in Ontario and more stories to tell throughout the year.

Below is what I wrote collected in one place.

A piece on our two local Ontario coopers and some long time Canadian Oak supporters: Lailey & Black Prince.

A story on using natural/wild/indegenious yeast for feremntation and couple of Niagara wineries (Rosewood & Hillebrand) who are currently marketing some of their wines under wild/natural fermentation labels.

An event that paired Buster Rhino's Southern Barbecue and 13th Street wines.

Coverage of the launch of Malivoire's Guilty Men wines hosted by the iYellow Wine Club.

A story on Rosewood Estate's 2008 Merlot line-up.

Talking to the winemakers at Southbrook & Ravine about their Biodynamic & organic vineyard practices.

The story of the Foreign Affair Winery and its unique wines.

Taking you into Flat Rock's hands-on In the Winemaker's Boots sessions.

A recent dinner that Norm Hardie held at the classic French uptown restaurant Didier.