Eatdrink #78 July/August 2019
The LOCAL Food & Drink Magazine serving London, Stratford & Southwestern Ontario since 2007
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30 | <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
alike are celestial — silky soft gnocchi and<br />
savory squares of pork belly are standouts.<br />
Even the tooled flatware is an art form. A<br />
busy map on the wall uses pins to represent<br />
North 42 Degrees visitors from all over the<br />
world, who have come to sample the wine and<br />
tranquility here. 130 County Road 50 East, Colchester,<br />
north42degrees.com<br />
CREW is the acronym associated with<br />
Colchester Ridge Estate Winery, a small family<br />
run business that since 2006 has been producing<br />
award-winning VQA wines on 12 acres of<br />
vines. Michelle Turnbull welcomes us in the<br />
tasting room and proudly explains how successfully<br />
grapes can be grown in this “Canadian<br />
Riviera.” She also cites the warm breezes off<br />
Lake Erie and notes that being so far south<br />
really does have a positive effect on the wines.<br />
The CREW Merlot 2016 that I sample is<br />
soft and full of dark berries and spice —<br />
distinctive tastes that even I can discern<br />
with a prompt, and it is frankly, delicious.<br />
CREW tastings usually take place in the retail<br />
store at the front of the building but larger<br />
groups tend to use the barrel room, which is<br />
impressively cavernous. Michelle notes that<br />
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with the<br />
creation<br />
of a brand<br />
new tasting<br />
room and<br />
special<br />
event space<br />
coming<br />
in the fall<br />
Grove House Hotel<br />
(clearly<br />
underway<br />
outside)<br />
there will<br />
be room for<br />
additional<br />
art and<br />
sculptures.<br />
A nearby<br />
trio of highstepping<br />
The BlackJack Gastrovan<br />
sheep has<br />
already made us smile, and there is something<br />
about art, wine and whimsy that just seem<br />
a perfect match. 108 County Road 50 East, Harrow,<br />
colchesterridge.com<br />
Tucked into the corner of Main Street and<br />
WIN A LEXUS FOR A WEEKEND!<br />
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Contest ends <strong>August</strong> 26, <strong>2019</strong>. Complete details online.<br />
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