Cedar Creek Platinum Block 5 Chardonnay 2012 Location: Okanagan BC Average Price: $45.95 Website Grown at high altitude in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley makes this a Cool Climate Chardonnay. Tree fruit, tropical, touch of toffee or butterscotch, fresh acidity. Elegant. This was a definite hit at the Sunday Ravine Vineyard …

The extreme cold temperatures during the winter of  2015 officially earned Ottawa the coldest capital city on earth. It’s a wonder that we don’t just hibernate until Spring. The greater National Capital region is home to nearly 1,000,000 people and even as the thermometer plunges we still don our heavy …