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Canadian Wine Insider Report – November 2019
The B.C. Wine Boom and How Ontario Consumers Can Get Aboard By David Lawrason There are two ways to buy B.C. wine in Ontario. The old way, and the new way. The legal way and the “is-that-actually-legal?” way. On October 29 the 5th Annual Judgement of B.C. pitted local wines against benchmark international wines in […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES November 9th
Premium California By John Szabo, MS with notes from Michael Godel, David Lawrason and Sara d’Amato The Vintages bi-weekly release themes are of course planned many months in advance, so there would be no way of knowing this “Premium California” focus would correspond with yet another round of devastating wildfires in the state, especially in […] More
Wines from Spain – Masterclass-in-a-Box
The WineAlign Exchange Presents: A Spanish Wine Masterclass 12-pack The sleeping giant has finally awoken. For much of the 20th century, Spain languished behind the rest of Europe as the fine wine revolution took hold. Now, 20 years into the new millennium, the country’s full potential has finally come online. With the world’s largest area […] 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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Pinot blanc is one of the many variations of the pinot variety, resulting from pinot's frequent genetic mutations, with pinot noir having given birth to pinot gris, pinot meunier and a few more variations. In Alsace, Italy and Hungary, the wine produced from Pinot Blanc is a full-bodied dry white wine while in Germany and Austria they can be either dry or sweet. Pinot Blanc is also found all over Eastern Europe, and has found significant success in British Columbia, where it is in the top five most planted varieties. Pinot blanc produces a wine with fruity aromas, often of apples and melons, but it does not have very distinctive characteristics. It is rather high in acidity. Pinot blanc wines are usually made for immediate consumption and seldom meant for cellaring.
