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Top 5 Petit Verdot at the LCBO
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Drop the Aristocratic Pretence by John Szabo, MS Ask serious wine professionals about Greece these days and the responses are remarkably similar. They’ll relate their (pleasantly) shocking first encounter with contemporary Greek wine sometime over the past decade or so, which has led to lifelong admiration and fascination. They may also reflect on the paradoxical ‘newness’ […]
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Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES – May 27, 2017
A Wealth of Wines for the Weekend By Sara d’Amato, with notes from David Lawrason and Michael Godel This week’s VINTAGES release offers a wealth of wines that are regionally distinctive, widely appealing and priced for weeknight sipping. With warmer weather on the horizon, everyday pleasure wines are what I am seeking out. Our picks below […]
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Top Values at the LCBO (May 2017)
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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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Petit verdot is a variety of red wine grape, principally used in classic Bordeaux blends. It ripens much later than the other varieties in Bordeaux, often too late, so it fell out of favour in its home region. When it does ripen, it is added in small amounts to add tannin, colour and flavour to the blend. It has attracted attention among winemakers in the New World, where it ripens more reliably and has been made into varietal wine. It is also useful in giving more presence to the mid palate of Cabernet Sauvignon blends.
