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Guide to Canada’s Best Wines 2020 – Red Blends
Announcing Canada’s Top Red Blends Many of these wines can be easily purchased by clicking on the wine and then the Buy a Case Now button. Category Overview by David Lawrason This is the most controversial and complex category in Canadian wine. It is a huge category dominated by the cabernet/merlot based “Bordeaux” blends and […] More
Guide to Canada’s Best Wines 2020 – Single Red Varieties
Announcing Canada’s Top Single Red Varieties – All Others Many of these wines can be easily purchased by clicking on the wine and then the Buy a Case Now button. Category Overview by John Szabo, MS The “other single reds” category (i.e. not pinot noir, gamay, syrah, the cabernets or merlot), like the other single […] More
Guide to Canada’s Best Wines 2020 – Syrahs
Announcing Canada’s Top Syrahs Many of these wines can be easily purchased by clicking on the wine and then the Buy a Case Now button. Category Overview by Michael Godel Having been anointed the syrah slinger for the Guide to Canada’s Best Wines it occurs to me that the one Canadian category I’ve not really […] 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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Meritage is pronounced Meh-rih-TIJ, rhyming with Heritage. This is a made-up word, registered as a US trademark, that wineries must pay to use on their wines. Back in 1989, wineries were all choosing names for their various blended wines, and it was getting hard to keep track of them all. An association was formed to try to define a "Bordeaux Blend" of grapes that was done on non-French soil. They had over 6,000 people submit choices for the name of this blend, and "Meritage" won. Just like Bordeaux, since they're made with the same grapes, Meritage wines tend to have a rich, full aroma. Depending on the particular blend, it can be blackberry, black cherry, spices, chocolate, and vanilla. Most Meritages have the Bordeaux signature flavours - cigar box, rich fruits, with a hefty feel. They're great with a steak, or with game meats - venison, pheasant etc.
