The celeb icon, Snoop D-O-double-G has a new wine out on the racks. The awesome collaboration is with the Australian winery, 19 Crimes. The Cali Red has Snoop Dogg’s face on the bottle, front, and centre.
With Snoop’s values and activism, 19 Crimes felt like he aligned with its own brand persona, and so the wine relationship began.
The wine is now available in California, and keeping in touch with Snoop Dogg’s roots, this is the winery’s first Californian wine.
Wondering what the wine will taste like?
Its a combination of 65% Petit Syrah, 30% Zinfandel, and 5% Merlot. The wine is on the fruitier side with hints of vanilla and hazelnut.
The rapper is said to have been fully involved in the wine process, so you can expect you’re getting a full Snoop experience. The wine is welcoming to all, even the non-wine drinkers. The VP of Marketing for 19 Crimes, John Wardley, said in a release that, “I think Snoop’s going to capture their attention and their imagination.”
Cali Red will be in British Columbia and Alberta this month; Saskatchewan in September; Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland in October; and Ontario in early 2021.
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Have you ever dreamt of grabbing a drink with a basketball legend? Well, your dream is about to come true.
Halpern Wine, a Toronto-based wine agency, is making the best out of self-isolation with the launch of its series Crew Classé at Home. Twice a week, Halpern Wine will invite guests to chat, learn, and drink with winemakers and notables.
For the second volume of Crew Classé at Home, former pro basketball star Dwyane Wade will host the series with Antonio Galloni, one of the world’s top wine critics.
And what does the former Miami Heat player know about wine? Well, actually, a lot. For those unaware, with the help of winemaker Jayson Pahlmeyer, Wade created D Wade Cellars a few years ago. Today, D Wade Cellars produces a variety of different wines including Three by Wade Rosé, Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, and Napa Cabernet Sauvignon.
Viewers are invited to join the chat via Zoom and get schooled on wine by the two connoisseurs.
Grab a seat on your couch and grab your beverage of choice for a tasting with Wade and Galloni. The talk will take place on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 7 p.m. EST on Zoom — just remember to register before the session. Or if you can’t make it, you can catch all of Crew Classé At Home after they air live on the Halpern Enterprises YouTube channel.
The series will take place every Saturday at 1 p.m. EST and Wednesday at 7 p.m. EST on Zoom.
You can shop D Wade Cellars wine on halpernwine.com.
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Please Note: All offers are subject to change. To ensure you can get your wine on for cheap, call ahead to confirm.
Toronto can be an expensive city to live in, especially if you’re a fan of enjoying the incredible food and bar scene it has to offer (which of course we highly recommend!) If you’re just looking to grab a cheap glass of wine with friends, it can be hard to know where to go without spending upwards of $20 on a glass, but fear not, we’ve got you covered!
We rounded-up the cheapest places to get wine every day of the week in Toronto, so you can enjoy soaking-up the sun this summer with a chilled glass of pinot in hand and a happy wallet.
Throughout the week:
- District Eatery’s house wine is $1 an ounce while at least a half-dozen different cocktails can be had for $9.25 on the patio of this King West eatery. Compared to neighbouring restaurants, this place is a steal.
- Convenience’s patio gets such solid sun so bring your sunblock every time you swing by. Combine that sweet heat with $6 select cocktails and wine for 94 cents per oz, and you can easily laze the afternoon away without leaving your picnic table.
- Joe Bird offers after work happy hour deals that include wine bottles for half-price, $6 pints, and $5 mixed drinks between 5 p.m and 7 p.m.
- The Duke Pubs (Duke of Kent, Devon, Richmond, Somerset, Westminster, and York) all do half-priced bottles of wine Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Shark Club offers $3.99 glasses of house wine during happy hour Monday to Friday 3-6 p.m.
- Beast Restaurant on Tecumseh offers all bottles of wine for half price from 5 p.m till close.
- Gusto 101 offers their house red and white wines at $1 per ounce every day of the week.
- Prohibition Gastrohouse offers its Special Hooch Hour-Only wines at $5.75 from 5-7 p.m. Monday to Friday.
- The Drake does 5 oz. of its house wine for $5 everyday from 3-6 p.m at any Drake location.
- Moxies does 6 oz. of wine for $6 and 9 oz. for $9 at select locations from 3-6 p.m and 9 p.m until close.
Monday
- H Bar has house wine specials for $5.
- The Gladstone Hotel serves up half-priced bottles of cellar special wines for its “Open Cellar Mondays.”
- Union on Ossington does half-priced bottles of wine.
- Fynn’s of Temple Bar on King St. West has half priced bottles of its feature wines from 5-10p.m
Tuesday
- Earls does half-priced bottles of wine all day long on Tuesdays.
- L’Unita on Avenue Road has over 300 bottles to choose from for its half-priced wine night.
- The Paddock Tavern just off Queen on Bathurst offers $5 house wine from 5 p.m. to close.
- Sauce on the Danforth has $5.31 wine and $6.42 cocktails for ladies night.
- The Office Pub on King has ½ price wine bottles from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and $4 mixed drinks after p.m
- Beaumont Kitchen has drink specials of $7 prosecco (wine’s sister!)
Wednesday
- Beaumont Kitchen does half-priced bottles of wine.
- Boehmer has $9 glasses of its featured wines available every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Montecito on Adelaide offers half-priced bottles of wine in its Palm Lounge & patio
- Peter Pan Bistro chooses Wednesdays for their half-priced bottles of wine.
- The Peasant Table offers $1 per ounce wine
- The Brazenhead in Liberty Village offers half price wine bottles and $6 pours
Thursday
- McSorley’s Saloon offers half price bottles of wine with any entree purchase.
- Hey Lucy Cafe has select glasses of wine for only $4.99
- Scotland Yard has many Thirsty Thursday specials including $1.25 off all 9 oz. glasses of wine.
- Shark Club in Dundas Square has half-priced bottles of wine.
Friday
- Montecito does half-priced bottles of champagne from 5 p.m
- Beaumont Kitchen offers up $7 glasses of Pinot Grigio and $8 specialty cocktails
Saturday
- Banknote Bar offers up select red amd white wines by the glass for only $6
Sunday
- Biff’s Bistro has half-priced wine (including champagne!) every Sunday and Wednesday night
- Farmhouse Tavern hosts “F*ck Mondays” every Sunday with a special deal every hour, including $8 glasses of wine from 8-9 p.m.
- Scotland Yard does a Local Sundays where it offers $5.30 for select locally produced beers and wine.
Please Note: All offers are subject to change. To ensure you can get your wine on for cheap, call ahead to confirm.
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Millennials love wine. But drinking it is the easy part, talking about it, not so much. Sipping wine is very different from speaking wine.
Wine tasting requires a sophisticated language we often fake with rehearsed phrases like, “I’m in the mood for something full-bodied” or “this Chardonnay is too oaky for me.” Thankfully you don’t need years of sommelier experience to sound like a wine connoisseur. To help you talk like the ultimate wine educator, here are a few wine words and tasting terms every millennial should know.
Word: Sweet
Definition: Wine with a lower alcohol content has more residual sugar that is felt on the tip of the tongue, thus it is deemed as sweet tasting.
Used in a sentence: “Riesling is too sweet for me.”
Word: Fruity
Definition: A wine is fruity if it has a higher alcohol content and a sweetness to it that is not felt on the tip of the tongue.
Used in a sentence: “Just because I like fruity wines doesn’t mean I’ll drink Moscato.”
Word: Body
Definition: The body of a wine refers to how light or heavy it feels in one’s mouth.
Used in a sentence: “I’m not a fan of red wine, it’s too full-bodied for me.”
Word: Tannin
Definition: Easily mistaken as a flavour, tannin is actually a polyphenol produced during the winemaking process that causes a mouth-drying feeling on the palate.
Used in a sentence: “I can really feel the tannins of this Cab Sauv in my cheeks.”
Word: Acidity
Definition: Wine is acidic if it has a refreshing, mouth-puckering quality to it that is felt under the tongue and on the sides of the palate.
Used in a sentence: “I like my wine like a lemonade; with lots of acidity.”
Word: Minerality
Definition: A salty and briny quality of a wine.
Used in a sentence: “This wine has lots of minerality to it—It’s like licking a rock from the bottom of the ocean.”
Word: Vintage
Definition: The year a wine’s grapes were harvested.
Used in a sentence: “I’m so into that vineyard’s 2002 vintage merlot.”
Word: Oak
Definition: This is a buttery, toasty-vanilla quality from the flavour impartation of the oak barrel that the wine is aged in during the winemaking process.
Used in a sentence: “I can always taste the oaky quality in New Zealand wines.”
Word: Earthy
Definition: If a wine is earthy, that means that it is savoury and free of sweet fruit notes.
Used in a sentence: “I love reds from Chile and France. They’re much more earthy.”
Word: Finish
Definition: A wine’s finish refers to the sensations that take place in the mouth after swallowing. Wine typically leaves a residual taste that’s either sweet, tart, bitter, smoky or some combination of these.
Used in a sentence: “This wine has a very smoky finish with light hints of dry blackcurrant.”
Word: Complex
Definition: A wine is complex if it has multiple flavour sensations and finishes.
Used in a sentence: “I can really taste the layering in this pinot noir; it’s really quite complex.”
Word: Old World
Definition: Refers to wines originating from Europe that are usually lower in alcohol content and subtler in their flavour profiles.
Used in a sentence: “I like my wine refined, subtle, and versatile, like Old World Cabernets.”
Word: New World
Definition: Refers to wines that are from anywhere outside of Europe such as North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. These wines are usually higher in alcohol content and more fruit-forward.
Used in a sentence: “I’m more of a fruity drink kind of gal so I love New World wines.”
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It’s that time of year where we shower our moms with lots of love (or a close female in your life). We’ve teamed up with the chocolatiers at the famed Nadège Patisserie to develop custom wine-infused chocolate recipes, featuring Fleur du Cap Chardonnay, Novas Gran Reserva Carménère Cabernet Sauvignon, Montecillo Crianza Rioja and to celebrate Mother’s Day. It’s very important to show the love and respect you have for your mama on her special day. They’ve worked so hard for us over the years and there’s only one day we can treat them as well as they’ve treated us.
Here we’ve picked out three wines to impress your mom, with the perfect pairings for creating a divine meal.
Novas Gran Reserva Carménère Cab Sauvignon Organic – $15.90 CAD
Fleur du Cap Chardonnay – $12.95 CAD
The wines on their own are gift-worthy, but try making your own chocolates with Nadège’s recipes to really show your loved ones you care. If they don’t turn out perfectly, it’s the thought that counts right?
Note: the chocolates aren’t available for purchase at Nadege
If you’re looking for a wine suggestion that pairs well with a more traditional meal, this is our selection. It’s fresh and fruity with expressive notes of blackberry and strawberry on the palate that makes it slightly sweet on the palate. It pairs well with strong-flavored dishes or tapas.
Montecillo Crianza Rioja – $12.95 CAD
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How are you going to treat your mom this Mother’s Day?
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With outdoor dining season on the horizon, we wanted to help you choose the best bang for your buck. Shopping for wine can get expensive and stressful. If you don’t know what you’re looking for, you can end up feeling overwhelmed and confused. We’ve rounded up the top 5 tips to help you next time you’re buying wine.
1. What’s inside matters
Don’t be enticed by kitschy label designs, ones that have little to do with the wine itself and more about marketing a lifestyle. If the back label tells a fluffy story and gives little detail about the wine itself, it’s likely because there is not much to say about what is in the bottle.
2. Don’t follow the crowd
Try something different from the handful of wines that the masses drink. Try some different wines and decide for yourself what you like best, there is a world of exceptional wine out there to be discovered. Try some regions and grape varieties that are new to you. It will expand your tasting knowledge.
3. Revisit the Old World
A lot of wineries in Europe make wine in fresh, exciting styles and there is a lot of terrific value to be had in certain regions in Italy, Spain, Greece, Hungary, and Portugal.
Tuscany, Italy
4. Professional Opinion
Tap into the experience of the person working at your local store, they’ll have tasted loads of wines and can help to find exactly you what you need.
5. Comparison Test
To hone your tasting skills and really get to know a grape variety buy two bottles made from the same grape, but from two different countries. It will allow you to get familiar with the distinct characteristics of the grape, as well as the characteristics of two different regions.
This is our pick for the month:
Gabbiano – Chianti Classico 2014
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If you haven’t jumped on the subscription box bandwagon yet, you’re surely missing out. Subscription boxes are the best way to get your favourite items delivered to your doorstep every single month. But with so many boxes out there, it’s hard to know where to start. You want to make sure you’re getting a quality box, but you also want to ensure you’re not over-spending and get a good bang for your buck.
Not every subscription box is made equally, but when you find the one you love, you’ll cherish it forever. Whether you’re a wine lover, tea connoisseur, or are known to have the biggest sweet tooth, here are 6 awesome subscription boxes that ship to Canada. They make great gifts too!
1. Baker’s Krate
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Baker’s Krate delivers locally sourced artisan baked goods to your doorstep every month. You get to taste an array of treats from different local bakeries, so you can discover sweet gems you never knew existed. Indulge in everything from Nutella brownies to salted caramel cookies, blueberry pastry twists and so much more.
2. My Tea Box
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Any tea lover is sure to love this monthly subscription box! Every month you’re sent three delicious teas that will never be the same, but will always bring you an amazing experience. Every morning you can start your day with a cup of tea infused with flavor and aroma. Is there any better way?
3. Bark Box
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Bark Box is the go-to subscription box for dog owners who want to spoil their pups. Each month, your dog will be sent a package full of healthy treats and toys based on their size. Every box has a unique theme and includes at least 2 innovative toys, 2 all-natural treats, and a chew for your furry best friend.
4. Wine Collective
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If you love trying new wines, but aren’t fond of walking around the LCBO trying to find them, you can explore new wines every month with the Wine Collective box. They taste hundreds of wines every month and the top 1% make it into the boxes, so you know you’re getting the best. You get educational tasting cards along with every wine your receive and depending on the package you choose, you’ll receive two, four or six bottles each month.
5. Umai Crate
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Are you a fan of instant noodles? Japan Crate’s Umai Crate delivers rare and delicious Japan-exclusive instant noodles to your door. Every month you get 7-8 premium quality noodles including udon, yakisoba, spaghetti, soba, ramen and more. Each month you’ll also get a bonus item like chopsticks so you can enjoy your box as soon as you open it up.
6. Bath Time Box
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With the bath time box, you’ll get handcrafted bath and body products curated with the bath lover in mind. Each box includes 5 full and deluxe sample-size bath products carefully chosen to elevate bath time and take you to pure relaxation. From foot soaks to bath bombs, charcoal soap, bubble baths and more, it’s the ultimate box for any bath lover.
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We’ve got some good news! Finally, Ontario will be making our lives MUCH easier this coming spring, by expanding beer and cider sales. They will be expanding to 87 more grocery stores across the province – almost 40 of which are in the GTA.
These stores were selected through a competitive bidding process run by the LCBO and will be authorized to sell beer and cider as of April 2018. That’s not too long from now!
This will bring the total number of grocers authorized to sell these products in Ontario up to 370. Ultimately the goal is to have beer and cider available in up to 450 grocery stores, including up to 300 that will also sell wine.
Click here to find out where you can find the new beer and cider outposts coming to Toronto in April.
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For those of you who have ever been to a wine tasting whether in Toronto, up in the country, or overseas, you know how intimidating an experience it can be. But that’s not the case with Vine & Vintage. Samantha Krumholz, certified wine expert and event planner, recently launched a company that “provides an educational and entertaining experience for anyone interested in learning more about wine – varietal characteristics, wine regions, history on individual vineyards, food pairing, etc.”
Vine & Vintage takes out the intimidation and makes wine tasting what is should be; inspirational, educational, and most of all, fun. Each experience is tailored specifically to you, whether it be for a bachelorette party, a girls night at home, a tasting before poker with the boys, an employee event, or anytime a group feels like some delicious hand picked food and wine pairings.
Vine & Vintage offers competitive pricing and many different options. Whether you are looking for a simple charcuterie table or a full catered dinner, there is a one of a kind experience option available for all.
The soft launch of Vine & Vintage was very exciting because it gave us a real taste of what these events will look like during private party bookings for small groups. Last week, we attended an event in more of a party setting with over 50 people. We were able to walk around the room tasting wines from different regions and of different varieties, all provided from Wine Lovers Agency. We even got to try wines that are unavailable at the LCBO!
Check out the below photos from the event we attended last week in Liberty Village.
To keep up with Vine & Vintage, follow them on Facebook (Vine and Vintage Events), Instagram (@VineandVintageEvents), and blog, or email events@vineandvintage.ca to book an event.
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