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Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES January 25th, 2020
Classic Food & Wine Matches, Time for Icewine and WineAlign Updates By Sara d’Amato with notes from Michael Godel and John Szabo MS Welcome to January: blistering cold winds, unpredictable melts and a penny for your shovels. Whether you become a hibernating homebody at this time of year or are a snowy adventurer, you need […] More
The rise of varietal Vinho Verde By Michael Godel Vinho Verde does not mean “green wine.” That idea just needs to cease making the rounds, both in essayed circulation and in conversation. Sharing the idea of O Verde e Leve on the other hand is to be endorsed. “Green And Light.” To “green-light” is to […] More
Spanish Wine Tasting and LCBO Destination Spain Tour 2020 – Toronto
Sunday, February 9, 2020 Spain, a country as physically diverse as it is culturally rich, is also one the most exciting nations in the wine world today. In order to explore and discover some of the exciting wines Spain has to offer, Wines from Spain is presenting the fourth annual tutored tasting at Casa Barcelona. […] 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.
