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If I Could Buy Only One – March 21st Vintages Release
We asked our writers,“If you could buy only one wine from the March 21st release, which one would it be and why?” Henry Of Pelham Speck Family Reserve Pinot Noir 2024, Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment, Ontario $47.95, Family Wine MerchantsSara d’Amato – A worthwhile splurge this week, this local find is packed with flavour – […] More
Buyers Guide to Vintages March 21st Release
Wine Planning Your Easter Feast By David Lawrason, with notes from Sara d’Amato, Megha Jandhyala and Michael Godel In case you have been distracted by events of the world, Easter runs from Friday April 3 to Monday April 6 this year. For this release, the Vintages catalogue has paired wines to eight different culinary probabilities […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – March 7th Vintages Release
We asked our writers,“If you could buy only one wine from the March 7th release, which one would it be and why?” Kir Yianni Cuvée Villages Xinomavro 2022, Macedonia, Greece$21.95, The Kolonali Group Inc.John Szabo – Although this was intended to be an earlier maturing version of xinomavro, you’ll be happily surprised by how well […] More
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Port is a Portuguese, fortified wine from the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet red wine, but also comes in dry, semi-dry and white varieties. It is often served as a dessert wine. Wines in the style of port are produced around the world in several countries, but under European Union guidelines, only the product from Portugal may be labelled as Port. There are many styles of ports, divided into two major families: rubys (which includes vintage and late bottled vintage ports) and tawnys (including the single-vintage colheitas). Vintage ports, which are bottled young in only the best years, when a vintage declaration is allowed by the consortium overseeing the production of port, fetch the highest prices and can age for decades if not centuries. A Tawny Port is made from a red Port wine that has matured in wooden barrels, whose permeability allows a small amount of exposure to oxygen, and experience what is known as "oxidative" aging. If red grapes are used, in time the red colour lightens to a tawny colour - these are known as Tawny (or sometimes Wood) ports. They also lose volume to evaporation, leaving behind a wine that is slightly more viscous and intense.
