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D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 32
Sauvignon Blanc Day: A Toast to New Zealand! May 7th is Sauvignon Blanc day but we’ll be celebrating all week! Join the Wine Thieves at ground zero for new world sauvignon blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand. John and Sara explore its rise to prominence from the first plantings in the 1970s, through to its explosion […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – May 1st VINTAGES Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from this release, which one would it be and why?” Michael Godel – Finding value in old world European regions gets increasingly harder every year. The key to understanding where to look lies in the “lesser” appellations located in near proximate vicinity to the […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES May 1st, 2021
Our Favourites and the Wine Thieves in New Zealand By John Szabo MS, with notes from Sara d’Amato, David Lawrason and Michael Godel This week’s report features a bevy of good wines from the Vintages May 1st release. The main theme is “customer favourites”, and here we bring you our favourites of your favourites, with […] 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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Montepulciano is the name of a red grape grown widely in Central Italy and best known for its use in the Abruzzi. Montepulciano has lower acidity than some other reds (especially for an Italian varietal) and mild tannins. The resulting wines tend to be somewhat softer than Chianti or Nebbiolo, for example - especially with the high yields used to make entry-level wines. The young wines are pleasurable reds that go as well with food. Almost all of the Montepulciano wines at the low end of the price spectrum are enjoyable, easy drinking wines. At the same time, some Montepulciano d’Abruzzo wines can age brilliantly, especially in the hands of the right producer. It should not be confused with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, which comes from the area near the town of Montepulciano and is made essentially from Sangiovese.
