L’ Acadie Blanc bubbling away nicely on North Atlantic peninsula

Nathalie Spielmann dives into Nova Scotian traditional method sparkling wines, made from its signature hybrid grape variety. Nova Scotia, a quaint Atlantic province of Canada, has many things going for it. The bustling harbour city of Halifax, the historic landmarks and villages, famous ships (like the Bluenose) and shipwrecks, undoubtedly the best lobster in the world, high tides, and picturesqu...
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Wine and the world’s changing climate 

climate change
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Tasting Canada from coast to coast

Canadian wine tasting
Amanda Barnes’ palate spans 4,000 kilometres in one tasting as she also feels the buzz in being back at a live event.  There’s a certain joy about seeing familiar faces again in person, isn’t there? After two years of physical separation, although with perhaps some virtual interaction, between most nations in the wine industry, the revival of in-person wine tastings and trade shows feels quite he...
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A Weekend in Ontario Wine Country

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Nibbling on Newfoundland

Fogo Island Inn
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Southern Ontario regional report and 2019 vintage profile

ice wine
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Discovering Okanagan’s sweet spot

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Taking stock of half a century of Canadian vintages

Article on Canadian wine
Michael Vaughan has been writing about Canadian wines for fifty years and assessing the vintages for most of those years, available today on his online publication www.vintageassessments.com. In this interview Amanda Barnes asks him how much Canadian wine has changed over that time, and where he sees the most potential in Canadian wine for the future. You've been writing about Canadian wine since...
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Heading onwards and upwards in Ontario

Big Head Wines
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Canada Condensed

Okanagan wine festival
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