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Asian Shares Lower; Exporters Weak As Euro Tumbles (Adds information, quotes, updates/adds market levels) Asian markets were broadly lower Wednesday after... SEC proposes creating unified stock-halt system Top regulators and stock-exchange officials call for a unified circuit-breaker system for all exchanges to... Protests fail to dent Thailand's prospects Political unrest in Thailand over the past several weeks hasn’t put much of a dent in the stock market’s... P.F. Chang's China Bistro launches its new Vineyard 518 line, wines available only at its various restaurants. Free samples will be poured for guests today at 5:18 p.m. at most P.F. Chang's, including the one at 530 N. Wabash Ave. A white and a red are being introduced: a sauvignon blanc, which a company press release is describing as having orange and lemon flavors "with crispy grassy notes"; and a syrah blend offering "rich dark fruit with hints of black pepper and spice." Some cabernet sauvignon and zinfandel have been added to hike the "overall complexity." The grapes come from the Yorkville Highlands wine region, which is located in Mendocino County in California. The wines are being produced by Wattle Creek Winery . I haven't had a chance to taste the wines yet so I can't comment there. But I was struck by P.F. Chang's heavy emphasis on the wine's green credentials. The grapes are "sustainably grown and harvested." The wines are stored in a 10-liter recyclable container – think box wine on a giant scale. This is important because a full box weighs half that of a case of wine, reducing the wine's "carbon footprint" during shipping. Dan Sullivan, owner of Rosehall Run vinyeards, is among a growing group of determined Prince Edward County growers producing impressive wines. While I do not have space to extol the virtues of all 25 wineries in the still-emerging Prince Edward County (eight new ones are opening this summer alone), let me share a few of my favourite spots, based on quality of wine. Sure, there are sleeper cells: start-up operations not yet on the public radar producing tiny batches of wine. Our focus is on the main contenders, who have wines you actually have a chance of obtaining. Without doubt, Ontario's best pinot noirs come from Niagara winemaker Thomas Bachelder (shown in a 2006 file photo). His 2007 Le Clos Jordanne pinot tops Gord Stimmell's list of favourite wines so far this year. He also produced the top chardonnay on Gord's list. In recent weeks I’ve had the pleasure of judging several tiers of Ontario’s latest wines. First, the top wines at Cuvée in February. Then a tasting of 65 of our top flight chardonnays whose winners are winging to London for judgment by U.K. wine critics. And finally, I got to sip and spit through both ignoble and great wines among the 497 entries for this year’s upcoming Ontario Wine Awards. No one knows the final winners yet for the Ontario wine award, even though I headed one of three judging panels that spent two Saturdays sampling flight after flight of wines blind. However, I do have my own tasting notes, which give a clear signal of the latest triumphs from Ontario’s increasingly talented winemakers. Plus, I have tasted a few dozen outside of competitions. Ontario vineyards have produced tremendous wines this year. Star wine critic Gord Stimmel includes the 2008 Sauvignon Blanc from Peninsula Ridge, above, in his list of the best wines of 2010. In recent weeks I’ve had the pleasure of judging several tiers of Ontario’s latest wines. First, the top wines at Cuvée in February. Then a tasting of 65 of our top flight chardonnays whose winners are winging to London for judgment by UK wine critics in May. And finally, I got to sip and spit through both ignoble and great wines among the 497 entries for this year’s upcoming Ontario Wine Awards. No one knows the final winners yet for the Ontario wine award, even though I headed one of three judging panels that spent two Saturdays sampling flight after flight of wines blind. However, I do have my own tasting notes which give a clear signal of the latest triumphs from Ontario’s increasingly talented winemakers. Plus I have tasted a few dozen outside of competitions.
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