LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2022

SPICE IS NICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN FOUND IN WINES.

FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR VARIETALS WITH SOME ZING,

CONSIDER THESE GRATIFYING WHITES,

REDS AND ROSÉS THAT DELIVER ON ALL FRONTS.

BY C H A R L E N E R O O K E

PHOTOGRAPHY BY D A R R E N K E M P E R

At a time of year when we’re cooking heartier meals, open up some wines with spicy flavours that cozy up to fall food. Many iconic red grapes have skins or flesh that are naturally spicy, a quality that can be enhanced by oak-barrel aging. Even some white grapes have a savoury bouquet of warm spice. Many of these appear in wines—both international and local— that also offer amazing value-for-money deals! Ready to spice it up?

FOOD STYLING BY MICHAEL ELLIOTT; PROP STYLING BY CHRISTINE HANLON