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Rob & Craig: Irish TV Stars

Canada played host to a couple of Irish journalists during the Christmas season who sought to track down all that was Irish in the GTA and Golden Horseshoe.  In addition to giving people an idea of Christmas spirit, Canadian style, presenters Michael Ryan and Mary Kennedy outlined the history of the Irish in Toronto and [...]

The Racking of Heinz

Way back in the pre-harvest days of 2006, winemakers Rob Power and Craig McDonald decided to “go big or go home”, purchasing a large volume barrel called a demi-muid, which could hold in the neighbourhood of 620L.  A cellar hand, in a moment of Germanic flamboyance, dubbed the big boy “Heinz”.   The name has stuck, [...]

Broken Press Shiraz 2006

There’s a horrible rumour floating around sales and marketing that the 2005 Broken Press Shiraz is almost gone. Apparently there are a few precious bottles still available for winery visitors, but given the weekend’s festivities, chances are that they’re not going to make it to see the end of next week. Not to worry though, [...]

Reserve Reds In Bottle

With the 2007 Estate whites comfortably in bottle and awaiting release last month, we were able to turn our attentions to some old friends that have been hanging out in barrel, some for as long as 31 months. The following wines were begging to be put together: 2005 Reserve Merlot 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 [...]

Won’t You Be My Neighbour?

In the hustle and bustle of a busy winery, it’s not often that we get the opportunity to leave the sheltered confines of our respective caves and cut loose for a bit of fun. It was thus with great surprise that we found out that Rob & Craig had seized desperately a-hold of a gap [...]