On the Road with the Grape Guy: Sparkling Wine

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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

BRILIANT Feudi di San Gregorio DUBL - Edition III (Italy)

Sparkling wine from the south of Italy? Does it sound like a good idea to you? I was iffy on the subject until I tried this wine - now I'll double down and tell you about it ... also, check out my new hat. Thoughts? Today it's the Feudi di San Gregorio DUBL - Edition III

Friday, August 22, 2025

CELEBRATORY Castell D'Or NV Cava Brut (Spain)

Looking for something worthy of a celebration, but won't break the bank?

Today, it's the Castell D'Or NV Cava Brut

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

STARTLING - Divergence Wines 2020 Brut Nature (Ontario, Canada)

Sparkling wine is one of the wines I like to believe I specialize in, I drink enough of it anyway (rose would be in that category too). Here we have a little known virtual winery making some first class bubbles that needs to be tasted to be believed - it's awesome. Today, it's the ...

Divergence Wines 2020 Brut Nature

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

SURPRISING - Chateau des Charmes 2017 Sparkling Rose (Ontario)

According to my rough count, this is video 950 and so it is time to celebrate this milestone with a little bubbly. Today, it's the Chateau des Charmes 2017 Sparkling Rose, a sparkling wine with a surprise under the caged-cork.

Thursday, January 2, 2025

HAPPY 2025 - 13th Street Winery 2021 Gamay - Blanc de Noir (Ontario, Can...

Ringing in the New Year with this awesome, yet rare, for Ontario, take on Gamay :

13th Street Winery 2021 Gamay

Monday, December 30, 2024

988 Trius NV Showcase Blancs de Noirs

Bring in the New Year with this amazing awe-inspiring bubble from Ontario, Canada :

Trius NV Showcase Blanc de Noirs

Friday, July 19, 2024

LOVELY BUBBLE Henkell 2016 Cremant de Loire (France)

A surprising wine, from an unlikely source, until you know the whole story :

Henkell 2016 Cremant de Loire

Friday, December 29, 2023

NEW YEAR's BOTTLE Blue Moutain 2019 Brut (Canadian Wine)

You wanna bring in the New Year in style and drink Canadian in the process?

Have I got the bottle for you

Blue Mountain 2019 Brut

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Honsberger NV Blanc de Blancs (Ontario Wine #463)

Blanc de Blancs made from 100% Chardonnay, their first and it's really good

Honsberger NV Blanc de Blancs

--- THE WRITTEN REVIEW ---

After playing around with Riesling bubbles, Honsberger finally gets serious and puts the 2019 Schuele Chardonnay into bottle for 24 months on lees and creates a beauty of a traditional method white of whites. Great acidity is the hallmark followed by a nice toasty-biscuity-ness along with green apple and a touch of floral. Great first effort using Chardonnay looking forward to the future vintages of this wine – maybe even with a date on them. Rating: ****+

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Honsberger Cabernet Franc Brut (Ontario Wine)

There was a time this was supposed to be a rosé wine, but it turned out differently, a blanc de noirs

Honsberger Cabernet Franc Brut

--- The Written Review ---

Honsberger, NV Cabernet Franc Brut
What could have been called a Blanc de Noir became just “Cabernet Franc Brut” - they were looking to make a rosé brut, but the colour proved elusive (this time). Fruit from their home vineyard (from 2019) spends 24 months on lees and receives zero grams per liter of sweetness in the dosage - making it a "Brut Nature". There's so much to love here. The aromatics are Bosc pair, floral and peach pit and even some Montmorency cherry seems to slip in ... The palate shows a toastiness with some raspberry, cherry and more peach pit, there’s even some nutty characteristics, bordering on almond paste (aka: marzipan) on the finish. Complex and enjoyable. This wine should will engage all your senses, if you let it.

Rating: (**** ½)