Malivoire Albert's Honour Old Vines Foch 2009, VQA Ontario

We had a busy Easter Weekend.  We Traveled down to Niagara Falls for a couple days and then up to Palmerston for the end of the weekend.  On our way from Niagara Falls to Palmerston we stopped at a couple vineyards in Beamsville, Angel's Gate and Thirty Bench, to pick up some wine for Easter dinner on Sunday afternoon.  Easter dinner was wonderful and I have a few wines to review but I am going to start with this Malivoire that my sister and her husband brought to dinner since it is the first one we opened.

• This wine had a gorgeous deep purple colour
• It was medium to full bodied
• Very silky and smooth
• Fruity and floral tastes, mild tannins

Rating: 4/5 Grapes

Tintern Ridge Red 2009, The Cornerstone Bar and Grill

One of my really good friends is in town from Boston.  She has been having a rough week and needed a little get away.  I was lucky enough to be graced with her presence.  Needless to say we went to Cornerstone's for lunch yesterday, the food was good, the wine was meh.  Granted we did get the cheapest bottle on the wine list, mainly because I cannot justify spending 45 dollars on a bottle of wine I can get for 7 dollars at the LCBO.  I also must admit I am not a huge drinker of Ontario wines, I tend to gravitate more towards Italy and France.

• This wine was exceptionally light in taste
• A little bit fruity
• Very light in colour, almost watery
• Not a strong flavour, kind of bland

I found this wine not necessarily bad, just unremarkable which is almost worse.  I don't really have much to say about it at all.

Rating: 2/5 Grapes