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Top 5 Carmenere at the LCBO
William Fèvre Espino Gran Cuvée Carmenère 2014, Las Majadas Vineyard, Do Maipo Valley
Maipo Valley, Chile
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2019 Niagara Homegrown Wine Festival
Raise a glass and toast Niagara’s wine country! June 15-16 & June 22-23 The Niagara Homegrown Wine Festival is the perfect time to celebrate the start of summer. With fresh farm flavours, and everyone heading outdoors, there is no better place than Niagara to enjoy over 14,800 acres of lush vineyards! Award-winning winemakers are eager […] More
Top Values at the LCBO (May 2019)
Big Discounts and Delists at the LCBO; updated Top 50 Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO – by Steve Thurlow Ten wines joined the Top 50 Best Values List this month; some with big discounts due to delist by LCBO. I have highlighted below eleven […] More
VINTAGES Buyers’ Guide – May 11th
Local Finds, Springtime Rosés, New Zealand Best Buys and Global Gems By Sara d’Amato with notes from Michael Godel It is under wet and windy skies just outside of Lisbon I find myself reflecting upon this week’s VINTAGES release. Michael Godel is, at present, among sunnier skies in Sicily. Over 3,000 kilometres separate us, yet […] 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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The Carmenère grape is a red variety originally planted in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, France, where it was used for blending purposes in the same manner as Petit Verdot. Now rarely found in France, the world's largest area planted with this variety is in Chile in South America. Chilean plantings, brought from France in the 19th Century, were originally thought to be Merlot, before being correctly identified in 1994 and, since then, used as a distinctive signature by the country's producers. Carmenère wine has a deep red color and aromas found in red fruits, spices and berries, with tannins that are gentler and softer than those in Cabernet Sauvignon. Although mostly used as a blending grape, wineries do bottle a pure varietal Carmenère which. Its taste might also be reminiscent of dark chocolate, tobacco, and leather. The wine is best drunk young.
