John Szabo’s Vintages Review April 12th: From the Heart
By John Szabo MS and David Lawrason, with notes from Sara d’Amato, Megha Jandhyala, and Michael Godel.

We’d like to draw your attention to an online charity auction that runs until April 22, called Grapes for Humanity, founded by philanthropist Arlene Willis and by prolific Canadian wine author Tony Aspler. Proceeds this year go to Tree Canada ...more

by David Lawrason

Twenty-nine Ontario winemakers come together to create 12 unique wines for the Grapes for Humanity Fine Wine Auction underway online via Waddington’s auction house. It runs until April 22.

There are so many worthy layers to this annual undertaking. I am most interested in the wines themselves and how they express Ontario’s capabilities. The pooling of the vision and ability of ...more

Harvest report 2024, more than 250 wines reviewed, for Sangiovese and the Gallo Nero the best is yet to come

By Michael Godel

Warm days have awoken the vines in Tuscany, the defiant 2025 Ontario winter has been reluctant to end, Spring has not sprung and 45 days have past since the 32nd edition of the Chianti Classico Collection came to another decisive and triumphant conclusion. Sustainability was ...more