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Top 5 Pinot Noir at the LCBO
Casablanca Nimbus Pinot Noir 2016, Certified Carbon Neutral, Single Vineyard, Casablanca Valley
Casablanca Valley, Chile
13296
Kew Vineyards Pinot Noir 2016, Estate Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment
Ontario, Canada
520080
D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 28
New Zealand’s Unexpected Varieties The New Zealand wine industry may be focused on just a handful of grapes, but in this episode, the Wine Thieves go hors-piste in search of the unexpected. New Zealand enjoys a surprisingly wide range of climate zones – more than you might think – making the country suitable for far […] More
A Golden State of Mind – Cocktail Hour with California Wines
Join Sara and Michael Live on Saturday, April 24th at 5pm Join critics Sara d’Amato and Michael Godel on Saturday evening, April 24th at 5pm for a WineAlign cocktail hour with California Wines. Sara and Michael will get you into a Golden State of Mind as you taste through four signature grape varieties from a […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – April 3rd 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 – Planeta’s 2018 Frappato Vittoria is surely one of winemaker Patricia Tóth’s secret weapons, a charming and subtle varietal wine with the heart of a lion. It is one of the Island’s […] 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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Costly to produce, capricious, relatively low-yielding and sensitive, pinot noir has been nicknamed the "heartbreak grape" by winegrowers and winemakers who insist on producing it, as they seek to elicit from it the remarkable finesse and depth it is able to generate. In its home in Burgundy, it produces a mind-boggling range of nuances, which are highly sought by wine lovers from around the world. In the broadest terms, Pinot Noir tends to be of light to medium body with an aroma reminiscent of black cherry, raspberry or currant. Traditional red Burgundy is famous for its fleshy, 'farmyard' aromas, but changing fashions and new easier-to-grow clones have favoured a lighter, fruitier style. However, an emerging style from California and New Zealand highlights a more powerful, fruit forward and darker wine that can approach syrah in depth. Pinot noir is also often used in the production of Champagne.
