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Radio Show update for August 23rd, 2008
/0 Comments/in Events/by Susanne Seelig-MenseGet the scoop for The Wine Ladies Radio Show for Saturday, August 23rd, 2008.
Wine Ladies Dinner for Two: Paradiso
/0 Comments/in Events/by Susanne Seelig-MenseNow you can enjoy a romantic evening for two, finely crafted for you in the grandeur of one of The Wine Ladies specially selected restaurants located in and around the GTA as well as in select cities across Ontario.
What is the origin of cheers and clinking glasses? Ask The Wine Ladies.
/0 Comments/in Ask the Wine Ladies/by Susanne Seelig-MenseDear Wine Ladies, At a recent pub gathering a few friends and I we were in a particularly celebratory mood and proceeded to clink our glasses and boisterously announce “cheers” every chance we got. I was just wondering how this custom got started? Why do we say cheers when we clink our glasses and can […]
Kenny Cabernet’s Expert Tips: Drought or Drown—Which Threatens Vineyards Most? Ask Oenologist Kenny!
/0 Comments/in Wine/by Susanne Seelig-MenseWorld renown lecturer, viticulturist and oenologist Kenny Cabernet just back from Australia explains how the drought down under is affecting their grapes, and how our record breaking rain is affecting ours! it ain’t grape! I mean great!!!
Last week we learned how the two extreme weather patterns impact the wine business.
How about all this rain? “Not good” says Kenny Cabernet. Too much rain will make the grape swell. The must is diluted and the all important ratio of skin to must is too great for red wines. The sugars and flavours can become compromised, less concentrated. Without the bathing of the sun on the grapes, they have little chance to become sweeter, to concentrate the extract. And we can’t forget about the possibility of various strains of mould affecting the grapes, having them rot from too much moisture. In heavy rains the skin can break leaving it prone to mould and infection. “If we don’t get a lot of warmth and sunshine for the balance of August and September the 08 vintage will be a tough one. The winemakers will have to focus on harvesting the best fruit.

Australia’s wine regions threatened by drought.
What about on the other side of the world? What’s going on?
Australia is suffering badly from a string of very dry years, the river beds are cracking from the continuous drought with little or no water in some cases available to irrigate. The reservoirs of water are depleted and where to go for moisture when there is no rainfall and no reserve? The concentration of the sugars are out of whack compared to the levels of acidity. You need both to produce well balanced wines. Too much sugar can translate into very high alcohol levels; this coupled with a lack of acidity can lead to flabby wines.
“There are some regions though,” Kenny says “that are blessed at higher altitudes that experience less water problems”. Lets hope for a dry spell here and a long awaited and much needed massive rainfall for our friends, the Aussies!

World renown lecturer, viticulturist and oenologist Kenny Cabernet
Radio Show update for August 12th, 2008. Crazy Canuck barbecue kingpin, Ted Reader.
/0 Comments/in Events, Audio Podcast/by Susanne Seelig-Mense1050 CHUM every Saturday morning at 10:00a.m., set that dial to connect with The Wine Ladies radio show. If you love to barbeque, love burgers and would like to be entertained be sure to join us this Saturday. As we welcome television personality, barbeque guru Ted Reader as our guest. Affectionately known as the “crazy […]
Wine Cellar Aroma
/0 Comments/in Ask the Wine Ladies/by Susanne Seelig-MenseDear Wine Ladies, My husband is quite proud of his wine cellar, which currently holds about 200 bottles, half of its capacity. Lately he’s been complaining about the cellar smelling like mould. We’re guessing that is not a desirable aroma to have emanating from one’s wine cellar and are wondering where do we go from […]
Aqua Star’s Celebrity Chef Darryl
/0 Comments/in Food/by Susanne Seelig-MenseAqua Star’s Celebrity Chef Darryl offers his tips on the art of Cedar Planks on the BBQ
Can you tell me about the grape steen from South Africa? Ask The Wine Ladies
/0 Comments/in Ask the Wine Ladies/by Susanne Seelig-MenseDear Wine Ladies, Up until now I’d never had the opportunity to taste any wines from South Africa but had a delicious white wine recently made from a grape that I believe was called “steen”. This grape is new to me as well. What can you tell me about it? Is it a new wine […]
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