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Rick’s Picks – June 2015

By: Rick VanSickle Rick’s Picks this month is an adventure into summer wines that will take the heat of those warm, hot days ahead. From refreshing sparkling wines, including one that was named best...

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Rick’s Picks – July 2015

The Similkameen Valley is an emerging wine region in B.C. tucked inconspicuously beside its more famous sister wine region, the Okanagan Valley. A majority of the wineries use organic fruit and...

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Rick’s Picks – September 2015

This month’s Rick’s Picks takes a look at a bevy of Canadian wines — from B.C. and Ontario — that were some of my highest scoring wines in the last couple of months. I’ve only chosen Ontario wines that...

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Rick’s Picks – October 2015

  All across the wine regions of the Northern hemisphere, the last grapes of the harvest are being picked and hopes are high that 2015 will be the “best vintage ever.” While the jury is out on that, it...

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Rick’s Picks – November 2015

Malbec from Argentina is one of those grapes that is popular with consumers because it can be made at affordable prices and is generally a round, fruit-packed wine that is always approachable. But in...

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Versado: Malbec like you’ve never tasted before

When Peter Gamble and wife Ann Sperling started looking for a vineyard in Mendoza, Argentina, it seemed like a simple plan. “We wanted to make great wine from a smaller property,” Gamble tells me from...

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Rick’s Picks – December 2015

Niagara wine country has become the region of choice for many star athletes and celebrities who feel the need to put their name on their very wine. Wayne Gretzky, Mike Weir and Dan Aykroyd all have...

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Rick’s Picks – January 2016

Every year on my website (winesinniagara.com) I provide a list of the top wines of the year from Niagara. I offer up my Top 10 Most Thrilling Whites, Reds and Sparkling wines of the year. Because I was...

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Rick’s Picks – March 2016

By Rick VanSickle So, following on the theme of this month’s wine story, let’s take a walk on the wild side with five wines that are completely unique in the world of wine and bound to satisfy the...

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Rick’s Picks – April 2016

By Rick VanSickle Celebrity wines show no signs of slowing up from Canadian wineries. The newest one with a star attached to the label is from chart-topping, multi-platinum selling singer Johnny Reid....

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Rick’s Picks – May 2016

By Rick VanSickle Canadian PGA star David Hearn launched his own wine label this month in a partnership with Niagara’s Rockway Vineyards. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Alzheimer...

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