Let the WineAlign Critics help you find the Right Wine
for the Right Price, Right Now!
John Szabo’s VINTAGES Preview – Sep 29th, 2018
Three-Star Values By John Szabo, MS, with notes from Michael Godel This week we feature top, three-star values from the September 29th VINTAGES release, which covers a broad swath of the wine world from Argentina to Washington State. These are the wines that line up intrinsic wine quality and regional typicity with the best price […] More
Top Values at the LCBO (September 2018)
Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO Many new wines join the Top 50 List by Steve Thurlow I am in Agrigento, Sicily leading a group of wine lovers, exploring this isle of wine and fine food. I was hoping that a Sicilian wine might join […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – Sept 15th, 2018 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 Sept 15th VINTAGES release: David Lawrason: This is absurdly good value and an absolute classic. No one argues that Alsace can make some of […] 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.
View Award-Winning Wines
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.
View Award-Winning Wines
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.
