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Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES July 11th, 2020
Ten cool years of chardonnay kicks off this weekend, eight groovy examples, a Barolo primer and top critics’ picks from the past weekend’s VINTAGES release by Michael Godel with notes from David Lawrason, John Szabo M.S. and Sara d’Amato Beginning this Friday there will be events playing on Zoom screens across Ontario, throughout Canada and […] More
Barolo DOCG previews and retrospectives: 2016, Riserva 2014, 2006 and 2004
A WineAlign critic’s January 2020 journey to Alba in Piemonte and his assessment of 230 Barolo at Nebbiolo Prima 2020 by Michael Godel Preview of Barolo DOCG 2016 Nothing in the behaviour of these nebbiolo consents to their age. Too serious, too impenetrable and at the same time terribly sharp, focused and severe. Wines as […] More
A Toast to Cool VQA Chardonnay – July 18, 2020
Join WineAlign critics Michael Godel and John Szabo MS for a virtual, interactive Zoom tasting of top Ontario wines, part of the i4C 2020 (International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration). Purchase your favourite cool VQA Chardonnay, gather your bubble, bring your burning wine questions, and tune in for a mostly fun, but accidentally educational cocktail hour […] 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. 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.
