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Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES May 16, 2020
USA Spotlight Comes at a Rough Moment By David Lawrason, with notes from Michael Godel and John Szabo There are two features to this Vintages release: Women in Wine and Spotlight USA. Both themes were plotted months ago, pre-Covid. But of course all the best laid plans have fallen apart. We have not been able […] More
By Sara d’Amato American wine writer Matt Kramer may have coined the term “Somewhereness”, but it is the group of now 13 wine producers in Niagara who have adopted the namesake to succinctly identify their purpose. To embody a sense of place in a wine is the noble aim of any quality minded winemaker. This […] More
Top Values at the LCBO (May 2020)
May Top Values + Getting Wines on your Doorstep by Steve Thurlow I continue my home isolation and am grateful to those agents who have brought wine samples to my house for me to taste. As a consequence, I have been able to be quite productive in finding new wines for the Top50 list since […] 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.
