Tasting Diaries: December 2025

No.70 | What's In My Glass

December is always a hectic month, and when you’re travelling for half of it, it can feel even more so. As I shared in recent posts (#s 68, 69), I was in South Africa for week at the beginning of the month, and that trip was bookended by short stints in the Loire Valley to fill my cup and to speak with vignerons about the 2025 vintage (more to come on that!). And then I returned home to snowy Ontario just ahead of the holidays.

So, here are some of the wines that excited my palate in the last month of 2025!