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Top Values at the LCBO (February 2020)
Wines Join the Top 50 List Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO by Steve Thurlow You can save big time again this month and so continue an “economical” 2020. I have some great buys to tell you about with many wines discounted at the LCBO. […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES February 8th, 2020
New Value Ratings Elevate South America By David Lawrason with reviews by John Szabo and Michael Godel In our last newsletter Sara d’Amato announced that WineAlign reviews will now include a value rating from 1 to 5. It sounds as though the rating should be based on a pure mathematical formula comparing price to score. […] More
Red Rooster – A Winery Profile
Perched On the Heights of The Naramata Bench By John Szabo MS This feature was commissioned by Red Rooster Winery. The view across Lake Okanagan from highway 97 to the bright, sand-coloured bluffs on the eastern shores is one of the most striking in all of Canadian wine country. Once the shoreline of prehistoric Lake […] 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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Vinho Verde is a Portuguese wine from the Minho region in the far north of the country. The name literally means "Green Wine", referring to its youthful freshness rather than its color. Indeed, there are red vinhos verdes, although they are hardly ever found outside of Portugal. Vinhos Verdes are light, fresh, often slightly fizzy, and intended for drinking within a year, although producers are increasingly making a more serious and complex style of wine destined to show the appellation's potential. Vinho Verde is very fresh, due its natural acidity, with fruity and floral aromas, depending of the grape variety. The white wines have a light lemon or straw colour, and are made from local grape varieties Alvarinho, Loureiro, Arinto, Trajadura, Avesso and Azal.
