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If I Could Buy Only One – June 24th, 2017 VINTAGES Release
As part of our VINTAGES recap, we asked our critics: “If you could buy only one wine from this release – which one would it be and why?” Our picks from the June 24th VINTAGES release: David Lawrason – There is no problem achieving weight, richness and power Down Under, but it is more difficult to mold […]
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Szabo’s VINTAGES Preview – June 24, 2017
Last Call for Alcohol, plus Top Picks Saturday’s Release By John Szabo, MS with notes David, Michael and Sara Is it last call at the LCBO, with a workers strike inevitable? This week’s report takes a look at the major issues, and how the alcohol retailing landscape in Ontario seems poised for big change. And […]
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Top Values at the LCBO (June 2017)
Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO by Steve Thurlow June is a great period for value shopping at LCBO with many deep discounts and two delists. Twelve wines joined my Top 50 Best Values List. You have just under 4 weeks to take advantage of […]
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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.
