Icewine: Gold is made in the cold
Blogger Kim Bannister of WeeWelcome interviewed our Savvy Sommelier – Debbie Trenholm – about her experience picking frozen grapes during the icewine harvest in Niagara at Malivoire Winery. Inside...
View ArticleA fun day in the country – Chefs Cook-off at Midsummer HerbFest
The annual Midsummer Herbfest, an Ottawa Valley tradition returns for its sixteenth year. It is a fun one-day must-attend event for those interested in herbs, gardening, cooking and living a healthy...
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Wine-making and film-making at Long Dog Winery
Savvy Selections wine of the month club Featuring Long Dog Vineyard & Winery – December 2012 - When IMAX filmmaker James Lahti, his wife Victoria Rose, and his good friend Steven Rapkin bought...
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Terroir: A County Wine Celebration
Did you know that there are over 30 wineries in Prince Edward County? Taste them all at this year’s Terroir – a County Wine Celebration on Saturday May 25th where all of the wineries will be under one...
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Newsletter May 2014 – Cheese-y Road Trip to The County & BBQ wine tips
Spring has burst into summer & the Savvy Team has organized a road trip to Prince Edward County, top wine picks when you fire up the BBQ & insider tips on how to get involved in the wine, beer...
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Big Bold Reds from Kacaba Vineyards
November. I can’t believe it. Winter is around the corner. In vineyards around the northern hemisphere, the grape harvest is almost complete, yet closer to home, stores are overflowing signs of...
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Raise a glass to celebrate Vineland’s 30 years
Savvy Selections wine of the month club Featuring Vineland Estates Winery - December 2014 - Many of Ontario’s wine regions have had the first snowstorm or two, and strangely some of us are...
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Savour, Relax & Explore at Huff Estates
Prince Edward County – known by many as ‘The County’ – is a quick & easy getaway – for a day or two, even a weekend. Have you been? About 2.5 hours from either Ottawa or Toronto, there are 30...
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They’re bee-zy at Rosewood Estates Winery & Meadery
One of the best parts of my job is watching wine, craft beer & cheese companies grow. Since starting Savvy Company 13 years ago, (we were known as The Savvy Grapes back then) I have met many...
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There is a Fancy Farm Girl in all of us!
Timing is everything. When I visited Sue-Ann in August last year, we walked through the vineyards & I suggested that we feature her this month; at that moment in time neither Sue-Ann nor I knew...
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Di Profio Wines..a perfect summer package!
ShareIt seems like summer is flying by. In some parts of our province, we are just starting to feel the heat we’ve waited for since the dreary dead of winter. For Ontario’s wineries, this is the quiet...
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Aure Wines – A Treasure Find
ShareThe heat is on in Ontario folks! While we cool ourselves off sipping on some crisp cool wines, Ontario’s vineyards are eagerly watching clusters of their little green grapes grow and ripen. (did...
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Summer is not over yet…enjoy the long weekend with a G&T!
ShareSeptember has arrived but there is still time to enjoy the many iconic drinks of summer – a fruity sangria, a minty mojito, an elegant glass of rosé wine, or a frosted G&T. You might be...
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Stratus Vineyards – Toasting 10 Years
ShareThe kids are back in school, so folks we must accept it…our summer holiday has come to an end, yet the summer sun is still shining! The leaves have already begun changing colour and grape harvest...
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GreenLane Estate Winery
ShareThe inviting entrance and patio at GreenLane Estate Winery became even more so when I noticed a large water dish for dogs at the access to the fenced patio. They think of everything here to make...
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Warm welcome & amazing wines from Fielding Estate Winery
ShareThis year marks the big 1-0 milestone for a handful of wineries in Ontario. We helped Stratus Vineyard celebrate in July and now it is time to pop the corks for Fielding Estates Winery as they...
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Rounding out the year with Redstone
ShareIt’s been a whirlwind month for sure – for winemakers as well! To interview Redstone Winery’s winemaker Rene Vanede, I had to ‘pull him off’ the bottling line. “We are disgorging sparkling wine...
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The difference is in the dirt at Coyote’s Run
ShareWe are absolutely delighted to kick off our 9th year of Savvy Selections. This month we are delighted to feature Coyote’s Run Estate Winery that is located in St David’s Bench (in...
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Wines from the Bosc family to you
ShareType ‘Château des Charmes’ into a Google search and you’ll find yourself being redirected to fromtheBoscfamily.com. That’s because everything about this celebrated Niagara winery—from designing...
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Colchester Ridge Estate Winery celebrates 10 years
ShareHave you had wines from Lake Erie North Shore? Find out what you could be missing. In Ontario, most of us know that the largest wine growing region in the province is the Niagara Peninsula. And...
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