HeyJaredJohn McTavish
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Selecting Niagara’s top 10 Cabernet Francs (opens the original)
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John McTavish is a certified specialist of wine and a Niagara College professor. Visit doctormctavish.com. I like to call cabernet Franc the granddaddy of the French grapes. It may not have the name recognition of some of its famous descendants, but this ancient variety sits at the heart of the family tree of some of the worldâs best-known red wines. Everyone knows cabernet sauvignon. Far fewer wine drinkers realize cabernet sauvignon is actually the offspring of cabernet franc and sauvignon
Brock University’s wine institute raises a glass to 30 years of cool-climate research and winemaking education (opens the original)
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The Brock University Cool Climate Enology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) celebrated its 30th anniversary this week, bringing together university leaders, industry partners and the City of St. Catharines to mark three decades of wine education and research in Niagara. The celebration included a nod to tradition with a hands-on grape stomp, a nostalgic callback to winemaking’s roots even as CCOVI’s research today spans biotechnology, sensory science and sustainable viticulture. CCOVI director D
This grape speaks volumes. Canadian chardonnay takes centre stage in Niagara (opens the original)
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John McTavish is a certified specialist of wine and a Niagara College professor. He is also a part-time wine consultant at Lundy Manor Wine Cellars in Niagara Falls. Visit doctormctavish.com. The annual International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration, better known as i4C, again brought the wine world to Niagara, proving chardonnay is far more than a familiar grape variety. It is a lens through which climate, geography, winemaking skill and regional identity can all be understood. Held recentl
Where Champagne dreams meet Niagara soil (opens the original)
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John McTavish is a certified specialist of wine and a Niagara College professor. Visit doctormctavish.com. The first time you lay eyes on York Vineyards, you will do a double take. The 200-year-old stone building at the end of the drive, draped in climbing vines and framed by immaculate rows of chardonnay, looks for all the world like a small estate tucked somewhere in the French countryside. For a moment, you half expect to see a hand-lettered sign in French above the door. But this is Niagara
New Beamsville winery an accommodating venture (opens the original)
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John McTavish is a certified specialist of wine and a Niagara College professor. Visit doctormctavish.com. Al Borgo Estates Winery officially opened its doors on Friday, June 26, in Beamsville, marking a milestone for wine tourism on the Niagara Escarpment. Owners Alessandro Spassiani and Joseph Panetta welcomed Town of Lincoln Mayor Sandra Easton, director of economic development and communications Paul Di Anni, and several members of town council to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new winery
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