by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
In many ways, this is winemaker Brian Schmidt’s defining wine each vintage. I have written many times that it is the measure of the vintage at Vineland Estates, the one wine you can judge a portfolio by, or at least get a feel for all the wines that come before and...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
It screams high altitude with its acidity and rich, dark flavours. Fairly polished for the price, with herbal notes of blackberry, black plum, mocha, spice and graphite, but still silky. Excellent value...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
Purple-red in the glass, medium- to full-bodied, dry and augmented with 7% Malbec and 2% Petit Verdot, this rich Cab carries aromas of eucalyptus, dark chocolate, a sprinkling of pepper, dill and other herbs, with blackberry, plum and black cherry carrying the fruit...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
This is the same vintage I tasted last year, and it has matured in the bottle, so grab a few while you still can. Straddling somewhere between full-bodied and midweight, this Southwest France Malbec opens with a forest floor nose of eucalyptus, anise, blackberry,...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
Even at this affordable level, Chateau des Charmes shines a spotlight on personable and Niagara-bred Pinot Noir. Never heavy, always on point, the Chateau des Charmes way is to let the fruit do all the talking. What it says here on the nose is fresh strawberries,...
