From a very small producer in Italy's Colli Euganei, this delightful wine is perfect for summer sipping. Made from the rare, indigenous Pinello grape, the Antichi Reassi is full of apple, pear and white peach flavours. The gentle sparkling quality of this just off-dry wine makes it a refreshing choice as an apertif or with lighter fare.
October 2015 Welcome Wine
Altovinum 2013 Evodia Old Vines Garnacha Calatayud, Spain
Evodia is an exciting new project in the Denominacion de Origen Calatayud, hailed as one of Spain's most progressive and promising wine growing regions. It is here, in the vineyards of Atea, that Altovinum sources their Garnacha grapes for Evodia. In addition to the remarkable climate due to elevation, the property is comprised of pure schiste soils, known as pisara in the local area. Aficionados familiar with the wines of the Priorat and the Roussillon are well acquainted to this soil type and its extraordinary influence on the wines.
Named after the Greek word for aroma, the Evodia is the product of very old vine Garnacha (up to 100 years old). Aromas of rich blackberry, cola, licorice, pepper and Indian spices open up in the glass. Flavours of smoke, mocha and black fruit linger on the finish. This wine is aged in stainless steel, which makes it a better candidate for pairing with spicy foods than reds aged in oak. The tannins of the Evodia are smooth and silky, an important element when the wine is being paired with spice.
La Escapada nv Demi Sec Cava, Spain
A blend of Macabeo and Parellada, this Cava was aged for a total of 12 months in bottle, 9 months of which was on its lees. This wine is bright, pale straw yellow colour and has a steady rising stream of fine bubbles. Pronounced ripe and aromatic nose with hints of honey, citrus, apple and brioche. In the mouth it shows good structure and excellent balance between ripe fruit and acidity. The touch of sweetness makes it the perfect accompaniment to generously spiced cuisine.
Milk Stout
Black Bridge Brewery is a new brewery from Swift Current, SK. Dark in colour doesn’t mean it is always stronger, and this stout is a great example of that. It is roasty, with hints of dark chocolate and dried fruit. The taste has a sweetness from the roasted malt and the lactose helps sweeten it, while giving the beer it’s wonderful creamy mouthfeel. The beer is 5.3%, 25IBUs, and uses 2 row pale and crystal malts, and warrior hops.
Fire in the Rye
Fire in the Rye is a rye pale ale, single hopped with Centennial hops. The roasted rye added to the malt gives the beer a spicy characteristic that balances the floral and citrus notes from the hops. It is 6.1% and 60IBUs. The beer is unfiltered.
Rich fruit with whiffs of brandy, baking spices, and lingering caramelized sweetness.
Red currant, mulberry and raspberry scented nose, followed by fresh, full body of red currant, morello cherries, and a hint of lemon zest to finish.
Intensely fragrant with quince, lychee, and lemon zest on the nose, paired with apple, and pink grapefruit in the mouth.
Rich nose of mango, pineapple and vanilla with hints of toast & floral aromas, with a full bodied lingering palate of fresh fruit.
A bright, dry sparkling blend of Parellada/Macabeo/Xarel.lo with medium body, and crisp finish. The bouquet evokes white peach, green apple, melon & lime on the nose, followed by rich apple, honeydew, and mineral notes on the palate.
Spicy, toasty, full-bodied and fruity, this is a wine that is packed with plums, fresh red fruits, and a great burst of ripe acidity. Delicious and very accessible.
A lot of elegance for this amber white pineau, old or dark tone, with subtle aromas of vanilla, wood. Full nose, candied yellow fruit flavor. Particularly good with roquefort, foie gras (peppery), sorbets.
Brancaia TRE is a blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The basis for this wine, are the grapes from our three estates: Brancaia (Castellina), Poppi (Radda) and Brancaia in Maremma (Grosseto)
Aromas of cedar with accents of acacia and hawthorn. With extraordinary minerality on the palate, this is an excellent wine to pair with fresh cheeses like Mozzarella di Bufala and is also very good with shellfish and seafood
This Pinot Noir was aged in French oak barrels for 9 months. The wine shows pure fruit aromas, lovely perfumed forest floor characteristics and hints of smoky spice. Earthy flavours of wild strawberry and spice on the palate end in a long, refined finish.
Fresh nose of tart cherry and mandarin orange with a toasty note. Very open palate, raspberry and strawberry, blood orange and cantelope.
A light and informal Valpolicella blend with a bright ruby color and crisp aromas of forest fruit and sour blueberry. It’s a thin, easygoing wine that would pair with four cheeses pizza.
Light and frothy with flavours of green apple and pear. Ideal as an aperitif or with a delicate fish such as sole.
The color is a lively and brilliant dark ruby-red.
The perfume is fresh and intense with clean scents of wild berries, currants and sour black cherry.
A light hint of vanilla and toasted oak.
The flavor is warm and robust, full-bodied, pleasant and balanced.
This dry white wine has a straw yellow color. Its clean, intense aroma and bone-dry taste (with an appealing flavor of Golden Delicious apples) makes montresor Pinot Grigio a wine of great personality and versatility.
Blend Sangiovese
Colour Intense red with garnet reflection
Perfume Clean and crisp nose, ripe plum and cranberry
Palate Nice and thick, balanced and persistent
Technical notes Fermentation in stainless steel vats, ageing in oak barrels for 12 months
