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TONY ASPLER’S WINE PICKS

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HENRY OF PELHAM THREE OF HEARTS ROSÉ 2018 (Ontario)

Pale salmon in colour; cranberry and wild strawberry bouquet; dry, light to medium-bodied, with tangy flavours of rhubarb and strawberry. Good length. $19.95 • Vintages #552562

PELEE ISLAND WINERY PINOT GRIGIO 2018 (Ontario)

Pale straw colour; minerally, peach pit nose with a light floral note; medium-bodied, dry, white peach and Meyer lemon flavours. Sustains well on the palate. $14.95 • LCBO #10485

CA’ DEL SETTE VINI APPASSIONANTE ROSSO 2016 (Veneto)

Deep ruby in colour with a tawny hue; perfumed blackberry and plum nose, medium-bodied, sweet black fruit flavour. (Appassionante is play on the term Appassimento — the drying of harvested grapes before fermentation as in Amarone, although this wine with its sweetness tends to taste more in the Recioto della Valpolicella spectrum.) $19.95 • Vintages #12837

VICTORIA PARK CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2016 (South Australia)

Deep purple in colour; cedary, lightly floral, spicy nose of plum; medium-bodied, dry, slightly sweet and jammy with plum and blackberry flavours. $14.95 • LCBO #11939

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