Cost: $18.95 (Sale price until 24 April 2016: $15.95)
Grape Variety: Chardonnay
Category: White Wine
Location Bought: LCBO Vintages
Country: United States
Region: California
Format: 750 mL
Producer: R.H. Phillips Vineyard & Winery
Alcohol: 14% Alcohol/Vol.
A nice balance of smokiness, wood & tropical fruit that makes this Chard stand above the regular mass produced California Chards

Description: Gold in colour with medium+ intense nose. This wine features medium toasted oak, lemon meringue, smokiness, apples, cinnamon, peaches, pineapple, peaches & cream corn, butterscotch and coconut. Medium+ body with good acidity and a fairly long length.

Negatives: None

Interesting Notes: LCBO puts this wine on sale a couple times a year, which makes it even more worth buying.

Drink now or in the next 3 years on its own or pair it with Grilled Chicken Thighs with Chipotle-Peach Salsa.

Tasted: 6 April 2016

Best Buy

Score: 8.5+/10, Value: 8.5+/10 (Sale price 9+/10) Total: 17.5/20

Out of 5 stars, I rated this wine: 3.5+

LCBO: 594341

Cost: $14.50
Grape: Greco
Category: White Wine
Location LCBO Special Order
Country: Italy
Region: Greco Di Tufo, Campania
Format: 750 mL
Producer: Feudi Di San Gregorio
Alcohol: 13% Alcohol/Vol.

A gem if you find it

Description: Rich gold in colour with a medium+ intense nose. This wine features lemon, pink grapefruit, guava, passion fruit, pear, peach pit, orange rind and jasmine on the nose. Medium body with crisp acidity and a long length.

Negatives: None

Interesting Note: Feudi Di San Gregorio has some excellent wines that are worth the buys, and all their labels are beautiful mosaics.

Drink now or in the next 3 years on its own or pair it with arugula, prosciutto, cheese pizza. FYI Pie wood fire pizza restaurant makes one of the best and it’s called Hind Leg Pie.

Tasted: 7 April 2016

Best buy & Top Pick

Score: 9+/10, Value: 9.5+/10 Total: 19/20

Out of 5 stars, I rated this wine: 4.5

LCBO: Special Order

Cost: $24.95
Grape: Chardonnay
Category: White Wine
Location LCBO Vintages
Country: United States
Region: Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
Format: 750 mL
Producer: Frei Brothers
Alcohol: 14% Alcohol/Vol.

A nice, smooth and well priced for RRV Chard

Description: Bright gold in colour with a medium to medium+ intense nose. This wine features light smoked toasted oak, lemon meringue, green apples, pear, peach, ginger, dill, oak spice, light butterscotch, limestone and white roses on the nose. Medium+ body with good acidity and a long length.

Negatives: None

Interesting Note: Don’t over chill the wine, and use the larger Chard style glassware

Drink now or in the next 3 years on its own or pair it with Roasted Potatoes and Dill Sausage.

Tasted: 27 March 2016

Best Buy

Score: 8.5+/10, Value: 8.5+/10 Total: 17.5/20

Out of 5 stars, I rated this wine: 3.5+

LCBO: 317891