The Churchill tasting is very interesting, because every time they do this tasting I have run out to the LCBO and picked up a few bottles of something. Last year it was the Hardys Gewurztraminer/Riesling, the year before that it was the Bankside Shiraz. This year I didn't get a chance to make my post-Churchill LCBO run because I was off to see Joe Sealy’s tribute to Hoagie Carmichael at the Old Mill immediately following the tasting -but I'll tell you what my "run out" wine would have been had I not taken that side trip.
Churchill's entire tasting was comprised of wines on the general list, in vintages or coming to vintages – so that makes it easy to recommend wines and easy for you, dear reader, to run out and get some.
And here is a list of the wines I deemed worth you getting into your car (or walking) to your local liquor retailer … (Read more)