Essex County Wine Report

November 11

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:47:46 -0500

Please follow the link and see/hear this music video. Only a person from the east coast could be so right. http://www.terry-kelly.com/pittance/pittance_en.htm Our Appellations, Lake Erie North Shore and Pelee Island are the home of the Essex S...

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Syrah for All

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:28:05 -0500

I always find it odd when local wine geeks refuse to try local wine, but are so quick to buy from any new wine region which the lickbo is promoting. True our region only has a limited number of wineries with limited to no support from lickbo or t...

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CIC More Stuff

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:03:35 -0500

Since I see alot of my readers are not from Ontario I would like to add a little to the Cellared in Canada post. CIC wines are blends of up to 70% foreign wine and 30% local juice. The odd thing is is that the only wineries allowed to make it ...

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Cider Update

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:17:54 -0500

Cider is going good....bubbling away still isn't clearing but that's ok racking soon

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Random Thoughts

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:14:41 -0500

The harvest should be done and yet alot of grapes remain unsold. The current system is just basically wrong. Most wine lovers want Cellared in Canada wines to be boycotted and the program cancelled. The problem with this is that the impact on ...

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Cider Day Pictures

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:30:44 -0500

Here the are and thanks again Gary We had a great time and the cider is doing great!! what is neat is that all look different...the color of the cap...the density its neat...t-10 months thank you Gary for all the help

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Cider Day!!!

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:25:32 -0500

Sorry I haven't posted lately but I had been prepping for Cider Day!!!! That involves moving the press (it must weigh 300 lbs!!!), cleaning it, testing it, procuring apples, cleaning all implements, buying beer (bribes helpers) and then the day c...

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Pinot of Note

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:43:02 -0500

Pinot. There is a wine that says it all and nothing. In its best form there isn't alot of fruit or simply no fruit. Secondary flavours predominate: forest floor, mushrooms, and that weird note....barnyard. Why do I want my wine to smell of poop. ...

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Le Poulet est devine!!!

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:31:43 -0500

Well, Happy Thanksgiving to all. It's been a tough year, but I think we all have things to be thankful for. This year for me has been very tough, but I have Terry and “that is a good thing”. Friday night we got the call that our 'bootleg' chi...

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I Woke Up and It Was a Chelsea Morning

nobody@vox.com(Jim Small) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:36:19 -0500

It reminded me of the old Joni Mitchell classic....Chelsea Morning. We were off to Chez Swiffty to watch the Chelsea v Spurrs match. Should have been very good. We brought a bottle of Rhubarb wine and Bellini's....ie: A'Dorah and peach juice. I l...

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