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Top Values at the LCBO (October 2018)
Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO New Listings, new Vintages and Essentials by Steve Thurlow There are so many great values on the Top50 Best Values List that I often have trouble deciding which dozen or so to highlight each month for you. So I […] More
John Szabo’s VINTAGES Preview – Oct 27th, 2018
Premium Parade and Bonus Bull’s Blood By John Szabo, MS, with notes from Michael Godel and Sara d’Amato Italy is the VINTAGES October 27th release theme, and there are a couple of superb red wines from Tuscany and Campania to report. But there is so much more worth recommending. This week I also highlight wines from […] More
Special Report: Bikavér: Another Hungarian Revolution
By John Szabo, MS Bikavér, or “Bull’s Blood”, was once among Hungary’s most famous, or rather infamous, wines. One-liter bottles of the harsh blended red made by the State Farms in Eger and Szekszárd supported many candles in university residences back in the 1970s and 80s. I’ve had countless people of a certain age tell […] 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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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.
