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Top 5 Shiraz at the LCBO
The Lane Vineyard Block 14 Basket Press Shiraz 2016, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
South Australia, Australia
470591
Tyrrell's Hunter Valley Shiraz 2017, Hunter Valley, New South Wales
New South Wales, Australia
13990
Peter Lehmann The Barossan Shiraz 2017, Barossa Valley, South Australia
South Australia, Australia
522235
D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 32
May 7th is Sauvignon Blanc day but we’ll be celebrating all week! Join the Wine Thieves at ground zero for new world sauvignon blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand. John and Sara explore its rise to prominence from the first plantings in the 1970s, through to its explosion on the international scene in the 1990s, and […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – May 1st 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 – Finding value in old world European regions gets increasingly harder every year. The key to understanding where to look lies in the “lesser” appellations located in near proximate vicinity to the […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES May 1st, 2021
Our Favourites and the Wine Thieves in New Zealand By John Szabo MS, with notes from Sara d’Amato, David Lawrason and Michael Godel This week’s report features a bevy of good wines from the Vintages May 1st release. The main theme is “customer favourites”, and here we bring you our favourites of your favourites, with […] 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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Shiraz and Syrah are one and the same grape. The name Shiraz became popular for this grape variety in Australia, where it has long been established as one of the most widely grown varieties, from strongholds in regions like Barossa to cooler areas like Heatcote or the Yarra Valley. Syrah is grown in many countries and is primarily used to produce powerful red wines, which enjoy great popularity in the marketplace, relatively often under the synonym Shiraz. Syrah is used both for varietal wines and in blended wines, where it can be both the major and minor component. It is called Syrah in its country of origin, France, as well as in the rest of Europe, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and most of the United States. The name Shiraz for this grape variety is also commonly used in South Africa and Canada.
