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Our Annual Gift Guide – December 14th, 2018
Wine Gifts for the Stocking, the Hosts & Someone Special By David Lawrason, with notes from John Szabo, Sara d’Amato, Michael Godel & Steve Thurlow Last year we rolled out what proved to be a very popular gift guide wherein we five critics picked wines for three gifting scenarios named above. This year however we […] More
Top Values at the LCBO (December 2018)
Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO Holiday Gifts and Discounts @ LCBO; updates to Top 50 by Steve Thurlow There are many wines for drinking and dining discounted this month on the Top 50 Best Values List. Some will make admirable gifts for under the […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – Dec 8th, 2018 VINTAGES Release
For the Dec 8th VINTAGES release, we asked: “If you could buy only one wine from this release – which one would it be and why?” Michael Godel: Talk about benchmark, here is your guide to Ontario’s most prominent, knowable and classically styled sparkling wine. The Henry Of Pelham 2013 Cuvée Catharine Carte Blanche Estate Blanc […] 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.
