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Top 5 Merlot at the LCBO
Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet/Shiraz/Merlot 2012, Coonawarra, South Australia
South Australia, Australia
511600
Peninsula Ridge Beal Vineyard Reserve Merlot 2015, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada
257311
John Szabo’s VINTAGES Preview – April 28th, 2018
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Flavours of New Zealand 2018 – Toronto
Let your taste buds run wild The New Zealand Winegrowers in partnership with the New Zealand High Commission would like to formally invite you to attend this years annual Flavours of New Zealand Wine Fair. It has been said that there is no wine anywhere in the world that tastes like wine from New Zealand. The […] More
Feature Report: Brunello di Montalcino 2013 Vintage and Buyer’s Guide
Quality & Consistency On The Rise By John Szabo, MS My conclusions, after several days of tasting and touring in Montalcino in February this year during the annual Benvenuto Brunello preview tastings of the latest releases, are that overall quality throughout the appellation is much, much better than it was even five years ago. Yet […] 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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Merlot is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. Merlot-based wines usually have medium body with hints of berry, plum, and currant. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin. Along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, Merlot is one of the primary grapes in Bordeaux wine where it is the most widely planted grape. Merlot is also one of the most popular red wine varietals in many markets.
