Rick VanSickle, St. Catharines Standard, February 28, 2010 Creekside really sets the bar for serious Sauvignon Blanc in Niagara. This big ’07 reserve shows intense tropical/grapefruit/ gooseberry notes on the nose with a sprinkling of vanilla and oak. Not your typical and grassy Sauvignon Blanc, it is full bodied and vibrant with added oak-kissed spice. [...]
2007 Reserve Creekside Estate Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
Beat the winter blues with this chunky, beefy beauty of a soup. Guaranteed you’ll not go hungry.
After serving this soup on the deck for Wrapped in the Valley, we were inundated by calls and emails from visitors eager to try it at home. Many thanks to J. Mark Hand from Hospitality on Hand for providing his secret recipe.
Rick Van Sickle, St. Catharines Standard, November 2009 From a nice little vineyard on the Twenty Mile Bench, this is a unique expression of Riesling. The aromas range from grapefruit, honey and subtle petrol notes to ginger and peach. It reveals more citrus acidity than other ’07s, with gushing grapefruit and peach flavours and a [...]
Appellation: VQA Niagara Peninsula Varietal Composition: 100% Vidal Bottled:Bottled November 2008. 182 cases. Drinkability: Drink or Hold [as of Nov. 2009] Premium wines often come from the humblest of beginnings. Unlike their cousins (picked, coddled and cozy, in the warm days of fall), icewine grapes are subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. Left hanging well [...]
2007 Laura Red
Natalie McLean, NatDecants Bursting with lovely apricot and peach notes,fragrant and pretty with a starfruit-infused finish. Makes a terrific aperitif as well as a companion to many dishes. Food matches: garlic shrimp on the barbeque, or butternut squash soup with lime and ginger.
2007 Laura White
2007 Butler’s Grant Vineyard Riesling
