by Traveling Golfer Staff | Jan 13, 2020
Well, it was very much a red wine Holiday Season for me. I hope you had plenty of whatever you fancied as well. Bubbles played a big part of the holiday celebrations and since I stocked up on Gérard Bertrand Thomas Jefferson Brut Rosé Crémant de Limoux – Rose...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | Jan 13, 2020
What the Experts say: 85% Shiraz, 15% Monastrell. Intense and complex, this characterful wine has a fine tension and is chock-full of notes of tobacco, cocoa, herbs, cedar, sweet plums and roasted coffee. Score – 90. (Decanter World Wine Awards, 2018) What do I...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | Apr 15, 2019
Something new for me from one of my favorite wine brands…arriving with a friend for a dinner party! A very pleasant surprise. What the Experts say: Rich and generous, the 2015 Syrah South Ridge Vineyard reveals aromas and flavors of smoky black fruit and licorice....
by Traveling Golfer Staff | Apr 15, 2019
With a winter that just won’t go away I am still turning to reds to warm the soul, with a white for good measure and unfortunately a Malbec that you probably don’t need to try – for the ‘One and Done’ pile. Here is some of what we have been drinking lately. Oggi...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | Jul 17, 2018
A bronze medallist (behind two of Creekside’s own higher-end wines) in the Best Syrah category of the 2018 Ontario Wine Awards, this is Creekside and winemaker Rob Power’s flagship grape. The warm 2016 vintage features the usual eye-opening aromas of violets, currants...
