Staff Pick! - 2007 VQA Summer Sun Cabernet

We are pleased to have our 2007 VQA Summer Sun Cabernet selected by the LCBO Roundhouse Staff as their Staff Pick! All the staff must vote on the product they pick as their staff pick for promotion by the till. Thank you!

The "Roundhouse Centre" the LCBO Store at HOWARD & E.C. ROW EXPWY
3165 HOWARD AVENUE, WINDSOR, ON

Our Wine Notes:

Vintage: Cabernet Franc – Erie Shore Vineyard- Harrow, ON
Winemaker – Harvey Hollingshead
Vintage 2007 750 mL Retail $12.65
Aged in Stainless Steel. Sugar Code (1) Serve at 15-18 Degrees C (55-60 F)

The ever popular Summer Sun Cabernet is 100% Cabernet Franc grapes that are pressed immediately at harvest and fermented away from the skins and seeds. This results in a very pleasant, soft, salmon-pink coloured red wine, with litle to no tannins, while maintaining subtle Cabernet flavours. Serve slightly chilled. Vibrant citrus nose(lime, grapefruit) with a hint of sweetness. Dry finish. A wonderful match with seafood, cheese, grilled vegetables, appetizers, salads, wraps, summer or daytime foods.

Other Reviews of this wine include: Essex Wine Review & Ontario Wine Review

Photo courtesty of Essex Wine Review.

Erie Shore Wine Moves to LCBO Shelves

We reprint the following from
What's Cooking
by Ted Whipp, Windsor Star
Published: Wednesday, December 31, 2008.
“Just in time for its seventh anniversary, Erie Shore Vineyard recently released another vintage red wine, the first of five new vintages on their way.
The 2007 VQA Baco Noir has received early rave reviews, the winery reports, and this wine is now available for $12.95 at seven area LCBO stores. They are located at:

Roundhouse Centre, 3165 Howard Ave.; 1320 Walker Road at Ottawa; 7201 Tecumseh Rd. E. at Parkway Plaza; Belle River; Wheatley; Harrow and Amherstburg.
Erie Shore is among the few of the 13 area wineries with products available at LCBO stores.
Erie Shore started selling its first wine, a 2006 Cabernet Franc, in local LCBO stores a year ago and has up to four available in city and county stores, with several supplying its icewine….”

“They're only available at the winery store and LCBO stores in this area, not elsewhere in the retail chain. As for the new Baco, the wine ages well in a cellar and pairs well with grilled or roasted red meats, and pizza, tomato-based pastas, cheeses and dark chocolate. “