Barrel Samples – Details, episodes & analysis

What We Drank:

Henry of Pelham Cuvée Catherine Brut

Trius Brut

Divergence MV Brut (Unreleased)

Blue Mountain Brut

Harrow & Hope Brut Reserve

Louis Roederer Champagne

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The guys + Jeff Moote talk about barrels, influence in winemaking and everything in between!

What We Drank:

2022 Sparkling Vidal Icewine Marynissen Estates

Off The Hop Beers

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Mitchell McCurdy & Marc Pistor are joined by Chris Frey of Nuance Winery Supply to taste through Rosé and explore a world of complexity!

Wines We Drank:

Pixie Sparkling Rosé - Rosehall Run

2022 Trius Rosé

2022 Featherstone Rosé

Whispering Angel Rosé

2022 Foreign Affair Gamay Rosé

2021 Southbrook Cabernet Franc Rosé

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The team explores the world of where to get your wine. Who's your dealer?? Some new and exciting ways the wine/alcohol world is offered, links below to places mentioned in the pod!

What they drank: Alvento 'Flora' Sparkling wine in 375ml bottles

Winery Direct Databases

Ontario Craft Wineries

Wine Country Ontario

3rd Party Options

My Wine Canada

Wine Online

Savvy Company

Stocked Cellars

Mentioned Restaurants/Bottle Shops

Kaiserhaus

Twenty

Archives Wine & Spirits

Grape Witches

Barbea

Dispatch

Gather Tasting Room

Oddbird

LCBO

LCBO Classics

Wine Agencies

Burgundy Direct

Nicholas Pearce

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The group is back on their sparkling game while they explain the world of VQA, wine appellation systems, and how to read your wine label, or find out more about what you're drinking from Ontario. They also are the most unhinged they have been so far.

What we were drinking: 2020 Divergence Brut Nature

Key website mentioned for all things VQA: VQA Ontario Website

Wines Mentioned:

Jackson Triggs Entourage Sparkling Brut

Jackson Triggs Cuve Close

Bachelder Wines

Le Clos Jordanne

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Marc and Mitch welcome their first ever friend guest: Jeff Moote of Divergence Wines, and also of 'being their friend'. The guys get into 5 different Ontario Rieslings they picked up at their local LCBO and taste through what makes them different and what you can expect from one of our wine country's most popular grapes!

Guest Host: Jeff Moote - Divergence Wines

Wines They Drank:

Cave Springs 2021 Riesling Winery Online | LCBO

Inniskillin Non Vintage Late Autumn Riesling Winery Online | LCBO

Vineland Estates 2021 Semi-Dry Riesling Winery Online | LCBO

Cave Springs 2020 Estate Riesling Winery Online | LCBO

Vineland Estates Elevation Riesling St Urban Vineyard Winery Online | LCBO

Other Wines Mentioned:

Foreign Affair Sussreserve Riesling

Kaiserhaus Riesling (Available @ the restaurant)

Charles Baker Picone Riesling Vinemount Ridge

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Marc & Mitch go down the rabbit hole of Wine Award competitions. Why hasn't a certain wine won any awards? Which awards should I pay attention to? What's the process even LIKE?! All will be answered! Links below to any wines or notable competitions or wine reviewers we mentioned!

What we were drinking: Blue Mountain 2014 Brut Reserve $49.90

Award Competitions To Watch:

Decanter World Wine Awards (Decanter)

National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC, through Wine Align)

International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC)

Ontario Wine Awards

All Canadian Wine Championships (ACWC)

Articles & Reviewers Mentioned:

Decanter 'Canada Calling' Article

David Lawrason 'Canadian Wine Insider' Article

Chris Waters Wine Reviewer

Rick VanSickle Wine Reviewer

Wines Mentioned:

Hidden Bench Felseck Chardonnay (We mentioned 2018 won best wine in the world, this is a link to current selling vintage 2020)

Closson Chase South Clos 2021 Chardonnay

Hidden Bench 2021 Pinot Noir

Thirty Bench 2019 Benchmark Red (Meritage)

Thirty Bench Small Lot Cabernet Franc (2020 won the award from Decanter, they are selling 2018 vintage right now)

Marynissen Sparkling Vidal Icewine (2020 won the award, 2022 is current vintage for sale)

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This is the second instalment of Queries with Kerri! Kerri joins us from the Marynissen tasting bar (and many other helpful jobs around the winery) with questions she has, or often hears at the vineyard. In this episode she focuses about processes that happen after the vineyard!

What we drank: Unreleased Marynissen Field Blend Sparkling

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This is the first instalment of Queries with Kerri! Kerri joins us from the Marynissen tasting bar (and many other helpful jobs around the winery) with questions she has, or often hears at the vineyard. In this episode she focuses about the vines & growing process.

What we drank: The Old Tun Sparkling Pinot Noir Rosé

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