LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2026

Full-flavoured Wines for Soups & Stews

With beautiful fall stews and soups, your pairings can go from hearty and meaty to earthy and spicy or light and fragrant. Choose a wine that matches the weight of the dish and don’t shy away from big-flavoured whites, perhaps with a little oak spice.

Konzelmann Lakefront Series Baco Noir VQA LCBO 44276, $16.95 A classic Ontario Baco Noir, this bottling has ripe dark fruit and medium body, with a long juicy finish. Chateau Des Charmes Riesling Off Dry VQA LCBO 46006, $15.95 There’s a touch of sweetness in this wine, which has a light to medium body for a lovely match with vegetarian and spicy fare. Henry of Pelham The School House Cabernet Merlot VQA LCBO 395855, $19.95 The wine is medium-bodied and brimming with ripe blue and black fruit, plus lasting tannins that carry the flavours.

Vegetable-based soups and stews with layers of flavour are all about deep umami. Your wine can complement, with savoury tones, or contrast, with bright acidity and orchard fruit, plus perhaps with a little citrus. The nutty, savoury tones of spice blends like za’atar match well with bright fruit flavours, in red or white wines. SOUP’S ON!

Find a selection of soups and stews from our archives at LCBO.com/fdautumn26.