Editors' Picks: Summer Wines
JULY 3RD, 2009
Editors' Picks: Summer Wines
Red, white, rosé: our editor's sniffed and sipped their way through plenty of bottles of vino and found some delicious summer sippers. Cin cin.
Julie Whelan, Toronto guest editor
This summer we're drinking Twisted ($16.95) from Flat Rock Cellars. It's part-Chardonnay, part-Gewurztraminer, part-Riesling and all lovely drinking. At LCBO, www.lcbo.com
Marianne Wisenthal, Montreal editor
All season we'll be sipping Malbec/Cabernet Fuzion Organico ($13.90) and dreaming of hot Buenos Aires milongas. At SAQ, www.saq.com
Elsa Vecchi, Montreal editor, French edition
While dinner is roasting on the barbeque, enjoy a small glass of the white wine apéritif Dom Brial Muscat de Rivesaltes 2008 ($18.65). At SAQ, www.saq.com
Malwina Gudowska, Calgary editor
The third vintage from British Columbia's Joie Farms, my pick is the Alsace-inspired A Noble Blend ($37). At Bin 905, www.bin905.com
Joy Pecknold, Vancouver editor
This Okanagan winery turns out award-winning varietals year after year and the crips and floral Wild Goose Gewurztraminer 2007 ($22) white with a touch of lychee sweetness is no exception. At Firefly Fine Wines and Ales, www.fireflyfinewinesandales.
Sarah Bancroft, Editor-in-chief
A recent trip to Naramata, B.C. had us picking up festive pink 1.5 litre bottles of Joie Rosé ($44) at the corner store—it's Alice Waters' favourite rosé and the only Canadian wine served at her famous Chez Panisse in Berkley. For retailers visit www.joie.ca