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If I Could Buy Only One – May 27th, 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 May 27th VINTAGES release: David Lawrason – In recent years WineAlign critics who have travelled to South Africa have been extolling the great value emerging […]
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Greece: Wines of the People, Wines of the Place
Drop the Aristocratic Pretence by John Szabo, MS Ask serious wine professionals about Greece these days and the responses are remarkably similar. They’ll relate their (pleasantly) shocking first encounter with contemporary Greek wine sometime over the past decade or so, which has led to lifelong admiration and fascination. They may also reflect on the paradoxical ‘newness’ […]
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Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES – May 27, 2017
A Wealth of Wines for the Weekend By Sara d’Amato, with notes from David Lawrason and Michael Godel This week’s VINTAGES release offers a wealth of wines that are regionally distinctive, widely appealing and priced for weeknight sipping. With warmer weather on the horizon, everyday pleasure wines are what I am seeking out. Our picks below […]
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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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Its small berries, and consequently high skin-to-juice ratio, allow Petite Sirah to produce wines with high tannin levels, surprisingly high acidity, and thus the ability to age. Characteristically, these wines have dense blackberry fruit character, mixed with black pepper notes. The grape’s similarity to parent Syrah became confusing for early planters in California. Starting in the 1880s, some of the original Durif vines were confused for a clone of Syrah and subsequently named Petite Sirah. The variety is also found in Mexico, Argentina and Brasil, although the best-known and most successful examples come from California.
