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If I Could Buy Only One – June 24th, 2017 VINTAGES Release
As part of our VINTAGES recap, we asked our critics: “If you could buy only one wine from this release – which one would it be and why?” Our picks from the June 24th VINTAGES release: David Lawrason – There is no problem achieving weight, richness and power Down Under, but it is more difficult to mold […]
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Szabo’s VINTAGES Preview – June 24, 2017
Last Call for Alcohol, plus Top Picks Saturday’s Release By John Szabo, MS with notes David, Michael and Sara Is it last call at the LCBO, with a workers strike inevitable? This week’s report takes a look at the major issues, and how the alcohol retailing landscape in Ontario seems poised for big change. And […]
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Top Values at the LCBO (June 2017)
Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO by Steve Thurlow June is a great period for value shopping at LCBO with many deep discounts and two delists. Twelve wines joined my Top 50 Best Values List. You have just under 4 weeks to take advantage of […]
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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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Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of California wine vineyards. The grapes typically produce a robust red wine, although a semi-sweet rose (blush-style) wine called White Zinfandel has six times the sales of the red wine in the United States. The grape's high sugar content can be fermented into levels of alcohol exceeding 15 per cent. The taste of the red wine depends on the ripeness of the grapes from which it is made. Red berry fruits like raspberry predominate in wines from cooler areas, whereas blackberry, anise and pepper notes are more common in wines made in warmer areas and in wines made from the earlier-ripening Primitivo clone.
