LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2025

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Bright and Juicy Wines Wines that are full of farm-fresh Ontario fruit flavours please just about everybody. Great for sipping before dinner, perfect for a meal on a summer patio and wonderful with a range of summer food.

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13th Street Gamay VQA VINTAGES ESSENTIALS 177824, $19.95

Ontario does this smooth and berry-fresh style of Gamay, a French grape, very well. This one pairs beautifully with grilled flank steak or savoury flatbreads. Vineland Estates Semi-Dry Riesling VQA LCBO 232033, $16.95 Don’t fear the “semi.” This lip-smacking wine has just a little sweetness, perfect with a nice chill, a sunny day and a charcuterie board.

Malivoire Ladybug Rosé VQA VINTAGES ESSENTIALS 559088, $19.95

This beloved wine is fruit-forward and juicy, elegant and easy-going. It’s a wine for light snacks, canapés and dishes that feature delicious early-season produce.

Creekside Sauvignon Blanc VQA LCBO 620724, $15.95 This white has an electric snap that energizes the taste buds while delivering a panoply of flavours from gooseberry to green herbs.

LOCAL GLASSWARE Infinite Glassworks (infiniteglassworks.com) Hand-blown glassware made in Markdale, Ont., comes in easily grippable triangle, hexagon, hourglass and other shapes, in a range of summery colourways. – CR

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Inniskillin Unoaked Chardonnay VQA LCBO 66266, $15.95

An invitingly crisp style with welcome zing. There’s no oak here, no toast or butter notes—just pure, fresh orchard fruit. Flat Rock Pink Twisted Rosé VQA VINTAGES 39974, $17.95 Irresistible berry fruit is deliv ered in a dry and delicious wine that is medium in body and maximum in flavour.

Rosehall Run Pinot Noir VQA LCBO 307769, $21.95 This fruity, elegant red is savoury and delicious. Bright to sip on its own and sophisticated enough for a Mediterranean grill.

Konzelmann Pinot Noir VQA LCBO 200584, $17.95 On the darker, brooding, smokier side, here’s a wine with lovely upfront fruit on the nose, and an earthier complexity on the palate.

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