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Top Values at the LCBO (September 2020)
by Steve Thurlow There is a bumper batch of $8 and $9 whites and reds this month to tell you about. I have been tasting new vintages of my favourites; some of which are better then the last vintage and so have joined the Top50 Best Values List. There are lots of interesting discounts this […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – September 5th VINTAGES Release
Back by popular demand: We asked the writers, “If you could buy only one wine from this release, which one would it be and why?”. David Lawrason – Ferraton Père & Fils La Matinière Crozes Hermitage 2017, Rhône Valley, France $26.95, Family Wine Merchants There were a handful of wines in the Sept 5 release […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES September 5th, 2020
A Bushel of Good Buys for The First Real Fall Weekend By David Lawrason with Picks from Sara, Michael and John The week after Labour Day week is always one of the most intense and stressful of the year, all amplified here in 2020 of course. So, I want to keep this newsletter almost completely […] 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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Rioja is a wine from a region named after the Rio Oja, in northeast Spain. Rioja wines are normally a blend of various grape varieties, and can be either red, white or rose. In whites, the wines are made from viura and verdejo, while in reds, the best-known and most widely-used variety is Tempranillo, blended with garnacha (grenache), graciano, mazuelo and others. Red Riojas often display characteristics of oak and vanilla, due to barrel aging with relatively high proportions of new oak. Red riojas come in various styles, defined according to the length of time spent in barrel, from joven (young) styles to Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva.
