This wine made the College's Dean List and there is a reason for it :
Niagara College 2017 President's Red
Showing posts with label Niagara College (NCT). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Niagara College (NCT). Show all posts
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Niagara College NV Balance Brut Rose (Ontario Wine Review #400)
This week my 400th official Ontario video review is a bubbly to celebrate:
Niagara College NV Balance Brut Rose
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Niagara College 2007 Riesling - $11.95
Those of you who are of an observant nature (and have trundled down to Niagara) have probably noticed that the ‘07 Rieslings are hitting the shelves and I know that you Riesling fans will be thrilled with these wines: the acidity and flavours are amazing (in the ones I’ve tried anyway). As you may or may not know, the Niagara College Teaching Winery is producing our winemakers of the future (as well as their own wines) and they seem to be teaching these, for lack of a better term, “kids”, good technique, if this Riesling is any indication of what is being taught there. This wine can best be described in three words: floral, fresh and lemony – and of course, I shouldn’t fail to mention the great zing of acidity. The price is also something to crow about, making this an even better bargain. I can only hope they’re teaching about pricing wines too.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Niagara College Teaching Winery Autumn Gold (Crab Apple) - $9.95
Here’s a wine that I tried with a friend in the middle of last week during one of those hot summer days, and we differentiated on our opinion about the wine. When I purchased this wine I was told that it is “delicious and very interesting”, and very unique … it’s made of crab apples grown on the property of the College. Its golden colour speaks to its name and is lovely to look at through the clear bottle it comes in. My friend and I got the same nose of raisins and rusty apples, but we differed completely on our opinion of the taste. She thought the sour-tartness of the wine was refreshing, especially for the summertime; while I found it rancid and off-putting … way too sour to enjoy, no matter what the temperature. So while she continued to drink and enjoy the wine, I moved on to something else. But that got me thinking about something you hear all the time: “if everybody liked the same thing then they’d only make one kind of wine” which obviously they don’t. So, I put this one out to you dear reader, invest the $9.95 for a bottle of this unique wine and let me know what you think. Available at the winery only.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Niagara College Teaching Winery Gamay Noir - $12.95
One good Gamay deserves another … 3 weeks ago in this column, Lailey Vineyards got kudos for their newly released, light bodied, fruit-drive Gamay; and because summer is still here I decided to feature another. Gamay, as you know, is usually a fruity wine and one of those reds that is “socially acceptable” to chill. The Niagara College Teaching Winery is the first in Canada where students, under the tutelage of Jim Warren and his staff, get to make wine from start to finish … and believe it or not, they have garnered a few awards along the way. This wine has tons of fruit flavours … the nose is red licorice, raspberry mixed in with other red fruit; while in the mouth it’s bursting with sweet cherries and a variety of berries, like blue, black and rasp. Very fruity, very drinkable and great for summer … or, heck, whenever you like. Have a friend who claims not to like red wine; this would be a great place to start to prove him or her wrong. Available at the winery only.
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