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Extraordinary Consistency is the Secret Ingredient by David Lawrason Every autumn Penfolds of Australia releases its new collection of luxury wines around the world. A portion of Penfolds 2020 collection, including Grange 2016, one of the world’s most collected wines, is being released in Ontario through a VINTAGES Exclusive virtual release on October 22. WineAlign […] More
D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 6
Provence Part I: Rosé All Ways in Côtes de Provence John and Sara set sail on Provence, navigating the Mediterranean coastline, sampling rosé, structured reds and coveted white wines while speaking to some of the region’s top producers. It may come as no surprise that it is continental France’s sunniest region but did you know […] More
D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 5
Bourgogne for a Changing World Episode 5: The Mâconnais The Mâconnais is the most southerly terroir of the Bourgogne wine growing region and where our 5-part series on Bourgogne wines (and the Regional AOCs with a “+” complementary designation) comes to an end. Here, everything you need to know about the Mâcon region, the new Pouilly-Fuissé […] More
National Wine Awards of Canada
Discover Canada's best wines! In 2016, 22 judges tasted 1,535 wines from 230 wineries across the country to identify Canada's top wines.
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World Wine Awards of Canada
Seventeen judges tasted 1,000 wines in 21 categories in 2015 to find the world's best wines sold in Canada under $50.
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Barbera is a red wine grape variety that is the second most-planted variety in Italy (the first is Sangiovese). It gives good yields and can impart deep colour, low tannins and (unusually for a warm-climate red grape) high levels of acid. Barbera d'Asti is one of the most renowned of the Barbera based wines, found in two main variants: Barbera d'Asti Superiore which must be aged in big oak barrels or small French oak barrels for at least six months, and plain Barbera d'Asti which is not required to be aged in oak. The wine has a strong aging potential; the "Superiore" kind can often be aged from three to eight years or even more. The best producers see its potential as being almost as great as that of nebbiolo.
