LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2022

↓

IT’S A WRAP This summer, LCBO one-,

two- or six-bottle bags sport sunny, beachy stripes. Year-round, find elegant LCBO wine boxes and paper or sturdy reusable bags, plus signature Vintages indigo packaging or handsome wood boxes. vanGerwen also likes boxes from Quebec-based madovar.com, which you can have printed with names or initials, or “individual wine boxes with years or numbers, for the age or when to drink the bottle.”

Elevated Everyday Bottles

› Campo Viejo Rioja Reserva LCBO 137810, $18.75 Representing fantastic value (Rioja Reserva wines mature for at least three years), this smooth, full bodied Spanish red pairs with your favourite lamb recipe.

› Luna Nuda Pinot Grigio LCBO 19773, $15.95 A universally appealing wine, this bottling has aromas of blossoms, melon and pear, plus a Marcona

› Rocca delle Macìe Chianti Classico VINTAGES ESSENTIALS 741769, $18.95 A contemporary Chianti that zings with pasta and red-sauced meats, this Tuscan classic starts with cherry and violet and lingers with an earthy, leathery finish.

› Josh Cellars Rosé LCBO 539312, $18.95

With an elegantly simple label, this California rosé is fruity yet dry, and scented with flowers, bakeries and spice. Tag with a when-to-drink occasion, like “Date night wine”!

almond hint. Include a creamy pasta recipe.

CUSTOM GUEST BOOKS, FROM PAPER DECORUM, PAPERDECORUM.COM

FOOD & DRINK SUMMER 2022 117