LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2015

MUST-TRYS

4 Vineland Estates Dry Riesling VQA LCBO 167551, $13.95 From Riesling’s first

Niagara home. Aromas of lemon, lime and grape- fruit. Racy, elegant acidity cleanses the palate with every sip. Estate Riesling VQA VINTAGES ESSENTIALS 286377, $17.95 Powerful, medium-bodied Riesling but with pinpoint balance. Steely structure and substance. Grapefruit, lime, minerality and a hint of spice.

5 Cave Spring

WEIS 21B EMBRACE YOUR FAVOURITE CLONE

If you only ever remember the name of one vine clone in your entire life, it should be this one. In 1975, Hermann Weis arrived in Canada from Germany’s Mosel region with a cold-hardy, virus- free clone of Riesling that his father, Nicolaus, had developed and called Weis 21b. It proved itself healthy over a three-year quarantine but Niagara growers, used only to hybrids, doubted it could survive our winters. To prove them wrong, Hermann planted two 50-acre vineyards in Vineland— the future Vineland Estates—and the rest is history. This clone is Niagara’s Riesling superstar, producing unmistakably racey, citrus-driven, minerally wines all along the benchlands.

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