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You asked and we listened. There’s been a lot of interest in Phantom Creek ever since we published David Lawrason’s winery profile back in March. It was among the most impressive tastings of BC wines our critics have ever done. So, we worked with Phantom Creek to create a curated six-pack of their wines. And […] More
VINTAGES Buyers’ Guide – June 22th, 2019
Loire Variety Comparisons, New Wave Aussies, and Smart Buys By John Szabo MS, with notes from Michael Godel The entire WineAlign crü is still reeling from the National Wine Awards of Canada, an extraordinary five days of tasting last week in beautiful Prince Edward County. 21 deeply experienced judges from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia […] More
VINTAGES Buyers’ Guide – June 8th, 2019
Rewarding Excellence & Global Best Buys By Sara d’Amato with notes from Michael Godel As you read this report, critics from across the country (as well as our international judge, Dr. Jamie Goode) are en route to Prince Edward County for the National Wine Awards of Canada where over 1,800 Canadian wines have been entered […] 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.
