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Top 5 Shiraz at the LCBO
Jim Barry The Lodge Hill Shiraz 2013, Clare Valley, South Australia
South Australia, Australia
998476
Dandelion Vineyards Menagerie Of The Barossa Grenache/Shiraz/Mataró 2014, Barossa Valley
South Australia, Australia
399899
If I Could Buy Only One – July 22nd, 2017 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 July 22nd VINTAGES release: David Lawrason – It’s not often that I would chose Champagne as the only wine I would buy if I […]
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Pinots: Noir, Gris and Grigio – Medal Winners from the 2017 Nationals
Announcing the Results from the 2017 National Wine Awards of Canada Due to the large number of top quality Canadian wines entered this year, we have decided to break the announcement of the results into more manageable pieces. Between July 17th and 28th we will be announcing a few categories at a time, wrapping up […]
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Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES – July 22, 2017
Old and new favourites, Piedmont’s Collisioni Festival and the Cool weekend ahead By Michael Godel, with notes from David Lawrason What is the meaning of old versus new favourites? The VINTAGES July 22nd release is compartmentalized as straightforward as it gets. The latest offering pits old versus new set up as a linear equation in […]
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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.
