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Drinks After Dark

Archive for the ‘By The Glass’ Category

September 5th, 2008

A Bottle and a Half

Like music, wine is made in an almost limitless variety of styles to suit every meal, mood or occasion. Within any given bottle you might find an uplifting sparkling wine; a fresh and racy white; a lusty red, or a luscious dessert wine. The problem is, however, that because so many people are limited […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 0 comments

July 18th, 2008

By the Glass: Seven Daughters Wines

I had an opportunity to try both Seven Daughters Red & White wines recently.  At first, I was a little skeptical when I read that the wines are blends of seven different grapes, and then I remembered what Gary Vaynerchuk reminded me: trust your palate.
The Seven Daughters White Winemaker’s Blend is composed of seven […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 1 comment

June 18th, 2008

By The Glass: Frisky Zebras, A Tetra Pak Wine That Nails It

Tetra Pak wines are tricky business. I love the environmental justification. I hate that it looks cheap. I’m delighted by how much lighter they are to carry. But the one’s I’ve tasted in the past are just so…blah.
But, I’m happy to say that Frisky Zebras does not disappoint. While not as complex and interesting […]

By Rachel Segal -- 2 comments

June 14th, 2008

By The Glass: Wayne Gretzky Chardonnay 2007

While dining at one of Toronto’s most unabashedly tourist-y restaurants, I figured it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t give the man’s wine a try. Now the Creole Chicken Mac & Cheese? That was tasty.
But the wine. Oh, the wine.
While the taste of lemon was more than evident, there was little else to back it […]

By Rachel Segal -- 0 comments

June 5th, 2008

By The Glass: Enjoying Champagne

Sparkling wines take on many styles and names depending on what region of the world they come from.
The only sparkling wine that can legally be called Champagne must come from the Champagne region of France.
You may be familiar with the phrases “Blanc de Blanc” and “Blanc de Noir.” Blanc de Blanc, or white of white, […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 0 comments

June 3rd, 2008

By The Glass: Spain’s Marques De Riscal Rueda

Last night I eschewed the common list of Chardonnay and Sauv Blanc for the more adventurous Marques De Riscal Rueda from Spain. I quickly learned that not only was this a good decision, but that the Spanish have a knack for whites I was unaware of. Delightfully balanced (I can’t stand a white that […]

By Rachel Segal -- 0 comments