Reviews & Articles — Rod Phillips

Coming your way: excellent and affordable New World pinot noirs, rosés, and other fine wines

There’s an excellent range of wines coming to Vintages stores in the next few weeks and months. They run the gamut of colours and styles and come from appellations close to home and far away.

ReviewsRod PhillipsApril 16, 2017Vintages

No dogs among these malbecs!

How about a litter of malamutes and bunch of malbecs for World Malbec Day? I can’t guarantee you can get one of these week-old puppies, but you can find many of these malbecs for 17 April, World Malbec Day.

ReviewsRod PhillipsApril 16, 2017Malbec, Argentina

The “Son of the Fat Sheep” and Other Wine Stories

Is it a mouton a sheep or a small hill? Does it matter, if the wine is terrific and affordable? This French white is among many excellent wines coming your way.

ReviewsRod PhillipsMarch 16, 2017vintages, wine

Forget the Fab Four. Look at this Fab Five.

Five affordable wines from Australian super-winemaker, Ben Glaetzer. His Heartland wines punch well above their price and that earns them a place on your table and in your cellar.

ReviewsRod PhillipsMarch 15, 2017Australia, Red Wine

Some Niagara icewines from the 2012-15 vintages

Icewine: for giving and re-gifting or for drinking?

ReviewsRod PhillipsFebruary 14, 2017Icewine, Niagara

Notable wines now in Vintages and others coming soon

Some terrific pinots, cabs, and other varieties and blends, some already in Vintages stores, others arriving soon

ReviewsRod PhillipsFebruary 14, 2017Vintages

Prince Edward County

Ontario’s smallest and youngest appellation punches above its weight in wine.

TravelRod PhillipsJanuary 26, 2017Prince Edward County

Dalmore

For the Year of the Rooster, single malts to crow about: Dalmore’s 1991 Cask 1 and 1981 Cask 3.

ReviewsRod PhillipsJanuary 26, 2017Whisky, Scotland

Welcome to the new Rod Phillips on Wine

Rod Phillips shares his experiences with wine, including reviews, tastings, and wine-related travel and events.

NewsRod PhillipsJanuary 10, 2017

A Case of Cabernets (and a stray shiraz)

Cabernet sauvignon is the world’s most planted red wine grape variety. Here’s a case of cabernets (and a stray shiraz) that are widely available and affordable.

ReviewsRod PhillipsJanuary 9, 2017Cabernet, Shiraz, Red Wine

Vintages: wines in stock and some early 2017 arrivals

Fine wines coming to Vintages early in 2017 include a delicious Marlborough sauvignon, an excellent Chianti Rufina, and an impressive Chilean cabernet.

ReviewsRod PhillipsJanuary 8, 2017Vintages

2014 reds from Coyote’s Run Estate Winery: giving paws for thought

The ‘Red Paw’ and ‘Black Paw’ wines make Coyote's Run Vineyard a tale of two soils.

ReviewsRod PhillipsJanuary 4, 2017Niagara, Ontario, Red Wine

London, UK: The Wine Pantry

The Wine Pantry is a small wine bar and shop that carries only British wines and foods.

TravelRod PhillipsDecember 30, 2016United Kingdom, London, Wine Bar

Chris Hatcher, chief winemaker, Wolf Blass (Australia)

Chris Hatcher, chief winemaker at Wolf Blass in the Barossa Valley, is very under-stated and mild-mannered, but he has clear and definitive views on wine.

The MakersRod PhillipsDecember 29, 2016Barossa Valley, Australia