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If I Could Buy Only One – January 9th VINTAGES Release
If you could buy only one wine from this release, which one would it be and why? Nals Margreid Punggl 2018 Pinot Grigio, Südtirol-Alto Adige, Italy $29.95, Mondo Vino David Lawrason – For most of my career I have been only moderately enthusiastic about Italian pinot grigio as a genre. Because the vast majority, even […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES January 9th, 2021
John Szabo’s VINTAGES Review January 9th: Smart Buys By John Szabo MS, with notes from Sara d’Amato, David Lawrason and Michael Godel There’s nothing I wish to say about recent world events, at least that would be appropriate here. Rather, let’s escape to a place of simple pleasures, where quality and price line up in […] More
D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 16
Green Austria Part 1 The Wine Thieves launch 2021 on a highly positive note: “Green Austria”, the first in a mini-series on Austrian wines. This small country in the heart of Europe has quietly been green, and getting greener for over a century, showing the way towards more responsible, earth-friendly wine production. Austria registered the first […] 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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Torrontés is the characteristic white wine grape of Argentina, producing fresh, aromatic white wines. Three criolla varieties exist in Argentina: Torrontés Riojano, the most common; Torrontés Sanjuanino; and Torrontés Mendocino. The Salta region, in northern Argentina, is generally thought to produce the best wines from this variety. Genetically related to Muscat, it shows that relationship through a highly aromatic character, which can become very rich when the grapes are harvested in the traditional, fully-ripe style. However, this traditional style is also characterized by an almost oily texture and some bitterness, which has led it to fall somewhat out of favour, with most producers now favouring earlier picking and more citric notes. A grape called Torrontés is also found in Galicia in Spain.
