A Nova Scotian bubbly goes great with food. No surprise, then, that contestant chefs at Canada’s Great Kitchen Party in Halifax—the rebranded Gold Medal Plates national culinary competition—choose overwhelmingly to pair their competition dishes with local sparkling wine. This makes for an especially good opportunity to size up some of the top sparkling wines in […]
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Five new-to-Nova-Scotia grape varieties
As an emerging wine region, Nova Scotia faces constant questions about what grapes to plant and nurture for wine. Growers who have been at it for more than a couple decades are beginning to get a sense for what works and what doesn’t—emphasis on beginning. Many factors are at play for any vine in a […]
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The Tidal’s high
While the Nova Scotia wine scene has traditionally been a straggler when it comes to fame and accolades, our first official wine appellation, Tidal Bay, has managed to turn that all around in a matter of only a few years. A blissfully aromatic white wine that hovers around 11 percent, it ranges from sharp, crisp […]
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The big cheese
1. Quark, from Fox Hill Cheese House A tangy, eastern European spreadable cheese Beatrice Stutz is playful with the quark, mixing it with chocolate and serving it with Grand Pré’s Dolce Vita Red Dessert Wine, while L’Acadie’s Bruce Ewert suggests either his Vintage Cuvée Rose or Prestige Brut. Benjamin Bridge’s Jean-Benoit Deslauriers is also a proponent […]
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Nova Scotia wines win big at national awards
Nova Scotia wineries took home 16 awards at the annual All Canadian Wine Championships in Windsor, Ontario, considered the country’s leading wine competition. The annual contest received 1,143 submitted wines this year from across the country. The local wineries whose grape yield took the big prizes included Annapolis Highland Vineyards, L’Acadie Vineyards, Blomidon Estate Winery […]
