Wining with Mel

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Catching Up: 2023-2024

As some may have noticed, it’s been pretty quiet on this Wining with Mel website.

Fear not! I haven’t abandoned my wining. But new posts are now being published over on Substack.

Unfortunately it makes it look like it’s been radio silence here.

So I thought I’d take the opportunity to catch you up on what’s been going on! Here are my latest posts, in reverse chronological order:

Harvest Season 2024 by Wining with Mel

Picking grapes on both sides of the ocean

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It’s Wine Event Season! by Wining with Mel

Get your tasting pants on

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Highly quaffable French whites under $17 to get you salivating by Wining with Mel

Delish white wines from France that are easy on the wallet!

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A Beginner’s Guide to Harvesting Grapes by Wining with Mel

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The Summer of Rosé is coming to an end… by Wining with Mel

But you can keep it going with this Savvy sale!

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Wining with Mel’s first time ever in Niagara!

If there’s one thing that most people don’t know about me, it’s that besides a middle-school trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake to see a play at the Shaw Festival, I have never been to Niagara.

Shocking, I know.

What self-respecting Canadian wine writer has never visited the nation’s largest viticultural region??

With a milestone birthday coming up, it was time to remedy this travesty. I started dropping hints months ago about going to Niagara for the big event. So when my husband told me to pack a bag for a surprise birthday trip last weekend, I had my suspicions about where we were going.

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Baumann-Zirgel Crémant d’Alsace – Your New Champagne Alternative #winophiles

This month the French Winophiles are delving into the sparkling world of Crémant d’Alsace, and I will be focusing in particular on two excellent examples from Domaine Baumann-Zirgel.

Last year I had the pleasure of tasting a myriad of samples from Alsace, thanks to the Alsace Digitasting. And while it totally rekindled my love for riesling, I was disappointed that due to sample bottling constraints, we weren’t able to try any Crémant d’Alsace, the famed traditional-method sparkling wine from the region. So I was thrilled when the Winophiles chose Crémant for this month’s topic, as it gave me a chance to make up for lost bubbly!

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Rosé all year with Côtes de Provence

I was born in the south of France, and after moving to Canada, I went back every summer to spend time with my family in Provence. Looking back on those visits conjures up the scent of pine trees and the feel of the salty Mediterranean breeze on my skin while fishing with my grandmother, not to mention visions of tables laid out with a panoply of delectable dishes and multiple bottles of wine. Given my past, it’s no wonder I became a wine lover, with rosé as my all-time go-to.

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