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Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES July 25th, 2020
Our VINTAGES Release Coverage Amid COVID By David Lawrason, with notes from Sara d’Amato, Michael Godel and John Szabo We continue to receive inquiries from readers as to why many VINTAGES releases are not being reviewed by WineAlign. We have tried to keep everyone informed on the situation pre-Covid and during Covid, but obviously it […] More
Passport to Andrew Peller’s Best of the West
All Good on the Okanagan’s Main Street By David Lawrason This feature was commissioned by Andrew Peller Limited. The WineAlign team recently tasted almost 40 wines from Andrew Peller’s British Columbia wineries to compile the Andrew Peller’s Best of the West curated mixed case now on offer. It was like a walk down main street […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES July 11th, 2020
Ten cool years of chardonnay kicks off this weekend, eight groovy examples, a Barolo primer and top critics’ picks from the past weekend’s VINTAGES release by Michael Godel with notes from David Lawrason, John Szabo M.S. and Sara d’Amato Beginning this Friday there will be events playing on Zoom screens across Ontario, throughout Canada and […] 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 main white grape of Burgundy has become ubiquitous in the wine world, and remains one of the most popular of the "international" grape varieties. Planted all over the globe, from the most southerly regions of New Zealand to Québec's Eastern Townships, the Chardonnay grape itself is relatively neutral, with many of the flavours commonly associated with the grape being derived more from the specific climate and geology or the vinification and aging methods than from any intrinsic aromatic components. In fact, the notes of butter and vanilla, so often associated with chardonnay, are actually derived from oak and a process called malolactic fermentation, rather than from the grape itself. With such a transparent character, it shouldn't be a surprise to see it vinified in many different styles, from the elegant, "flinty" wines of Chablis to rich, buttery Meursaults and New World wines with tropical fruit flavors. Chardonnay is also an important component of many sparkling wines around the world, including Champagne.
