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Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES December 7th
Open Season for the Holidays! By David Lawrason, with notes from John Szabo, Michael Godel and Sara D’Amato This is the last and largest release of the year at Vintages, with about 180 products representing the widest possible range of styles, prices, regions and grape varieties to serve the widest possible clientele just before Christmas. […] More
Le Clos Jordanne – A Winery Profile
Welcome Back Le Clos Jordanneby David Lawrason This feature was commissioned by Arterra Wines Canada. One of the “good news” stories for Canadian wine in 2019 has been the renaissance of Le Clos Jordanne in Niagara – a much talked and written about project that not only made excellent wine when first launched in 2004, […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES November 23rd
Ultra-Premium & Nouveau By John Szabo MS & Sara d’Amato, with notes from David Lawrason and Michael Godel This week’s report is literally crammed with great wines. The sheer number of picks from the WineAlign crü – 31 collectively – is testament to the quality of the November 23rd release, featuring “coveted, iconic wines from […] 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.
