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RADFORD DALE VINUM CHENIN BLANC 2023, Stellenbosch, South Africa

12 Thursday Feb 2026

Posted by Twilight Wines in Best Buys, Highly Recommended, Organic/Sustainability, Vegan Friendly, White Wines

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Cost: $19.95 (Clearance Price: 16.00)
Grape: Chenin Blanc
Category: White Wine
Location: LCBO Vintages
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Format: 750 ml
Producer: Radford Dale
Alcohol: 13.0% Alcohol/Vol.

A nice substitute for a subtle oaked Chard, featuring nice, crisp fruit, along with a creamy finish. Score: 91/100.

Tasting Note: Bright gold in colour with good acidity, medium intense nose & a long length on the finish. This wine features: Lemon zest, pear, white peach, honeydew melon, honeycomb & Jasmine on the nose.

Negatives: None

Interesting Point: Sustainable & Vegan

Winemaker’s Note: “Grapes were picked by hand as well as manually sorted to ensure that we maintain the purity of varietal expression for which this wine
has become known. Gentle pressing in a pneumatic bag press, with the extracted juice moved to a combination of 2500L Foudre, 500L, 300L, and 228L barrels for alcoholic fermentation. The barrels used are predominantly 2nd to 5th fill French oak, of Burgundian cooperages. Whilst the Foudre is of tight-grain, Austrian origin. The usage of unintrusive oaking promotes optimal varietal expression.” (A foudre is a large wooden vat, typically holding 20 to 120+ hectoliters (2,000 to 12,000+ liters), used for aging wine with minimal oak influence.)

Pairings: Drink this now or in the next 4 – 6 years on its own or pair it with roasted turkey.

My Opinion: Highly Recommended

Best Buy

Tasted: February 9, 2026

LCBO:  13338

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CONO SUR ORGANIC CHARDONNAY 2025, Chile

07 Saturday Feb 2026

Posted by Twilight Wines in Best Buys, Organic/Sustainability, Recommended, Vegan Friendly, White Wines

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Cost: $14.95
Grape: Chardonnay
Category: White Wine
Location: LCBO General List
Country: Chile
Region: Chile
Format: 750 ml
Producer: Cono Sur
Alcohol: 12.5% Alcohol/Vol.

For a relatively inexpensive oaked Chard, which has more neutral oak, this Chard has good zesty fruit. Score: 89/100.

Tasting Note: Light gold in colour with high acidity, medium intense nose & a good length on the finish. This wine features: Lemon zest, pear, golden apple, yellow cranberry, Kumquat, honeydew melon &vanilla.

Negatives: None

Interesting Point: Vegan and Organic

Pairings: Drink this now or in the next 3 – 4 years on its own or pair it with scallop ceviche.

My Opinion: Recommended

Best Buy

Tasted: February 5, 2026

LCBO:  230565

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SOUTHBROOK TRIOMPHE PINOT NOIR 2021, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada

09 Tuesday Dec 2025

Posted by Twilight Wines in Canadian Wines, Highly Recommended, Non LCBO Wine, Organic/Sustainability, Red Wines, Vegan Friendly

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Cost: $29.95
Grape: Pinot Noir
Category: Red Wine
Location: Winery
Country: Canada
Region: Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
Format: 750 ml
Producer: Southbrook
Alcohol: 12.5% Alcohol/Vol.

An elegant, juicy Pinot that pairs well with food or on its own. Score: 92/100.

Tasting Note: Light garnet in colour with good acidity, medium intense nose, fine tannin & a good length on the finish. This wine features: Sour cherry, rhubarb, cranberry, strawberry & red currants.

Negatives: None

Interesting Point: Organic & vegan

Winemaker’s Note: “Hand-harvested clusters were destemmed prior to undergoing a wild ferment in open-top oak fermenter. After pressing, the wine was transferred to second-fill and neutral French oak barrels to preserve freshness and then aged eight months before bottling.”

Pairings: Drink this now or in the next 3 – 4 years on its own or pair it with duck breast.

My Opinion: Highly Recommended

Top Pick

Tasted: December 8, 2025

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EL TOCADOR OLD VINES TEMPRANILLO 2023, Castilla – La Mancha, Spain

19 Sunday Oct 2025

Posted by Twilight Wines in Amazing Buys, Best Buys, Recommended, Red Wines, Vegan Friendly

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Cost: $11.95 (On sale until Nov 9/25: $10.95)
Grape: Tempranillo
Category: Red Wine
Location: LCBO General List
Country: Spain
Region: Castilla – La Mancha
Format: 750 ml
Producer: Hammeken Cellars
Alcohol: 14.00% Alcohol/Vol.

A great alternative to U.S. Cabs that are around $20 mark, but this one is half the price & has better structure. Score: 87/100.

Tasting Note: Dark ruby in colour with good acidity, a medium intense nose, mild tannin & a good length on the finish. This wine features: Blueberry jam, dark cherry, raspberry, mocha, cherry cola, cloves, milk chocolate, cooked spinach & vanilla.

Negatives: None

Interesting Point: Vegan Friendly

Winemaker’s Note:

Pairings: Drink this now or in the next 3 – 5 years on its own or pair it with Hungarian Goulash.

My Opinion: Recommended

Amazing & Best Buy

Tasted: October 18, 2025

LCBO: 44192

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Twilight is sometimes defined as when something is approaching its end, especially in a gentle or peaceful way. It is universally known as that optimum moment between day and night, light and darkness. Twilight is that point when we have learned the lessons we are apt to learn and have spun our last breath, and told our last tale: our twilight years. It is that moment when everything and everyone is at its finest, when the earth and all its occupants pause for just a fraction of time in anticipation of what comes next. That is the moment at which all wine should be drank and with a little insight and a lot of luck, fate will allow us the moment in which this will occur. The luck my friend’s is totally of your own creation. Here in my domain, Twilight wines. I will endeavour to impart that insight.

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