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David’s VINTAGES Preview – Mar 2nd, 2019
Noble Napa and New World Selections By David Lawrason, with notes from Sara d’Amato Is Napa Noble? The cover of VINTAGES magazine for the March 2 release makes this proclamation. Wine nobility is a very fuzzy concept in the first place, but it has historically been reserved for certain European wines – French wines made […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – Feb 16, 2019 VINTAGES Release
For the Feb 16th VINTAGES release, we asked: “If you could buy only one wine from this release – which one would it be and why?” John Szabo: A recent visit to Chile brought to full light the exciting changes happening in this important wine producing nation, and travelling from Maipo near the Andes to the coastal Leyda […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES February 16th – Part Two
Critics on the road again, all you can taste and more smart buys by Michael Godel As you are reading this John and I have just wrapped up our first Anteprime di Toscane week together in Tuscany, having spent three days visiting estates in Chianti Classico and tasting through hundreds of wines based on the […] 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.
