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Buyer’s Guide to VINTAGES May 27 Release
Sunshine Wines: Rosés, Whites and a Venetian Take on Summer Red By David Lawrason with notes from Michael Godel, Sara d’Amato and Megha Jandhyala With summer temperatures now finally entrenched in Ontario, at least for the next few days, Vintages’ rosé themed release for May 27 hits at a perfect time. Rosé is a terrific, […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – April 29 VINTAGES Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from this release, which one would it be and why?” ($19.95, The Living Vine)John Szabo – Looking for a perfect, versatile red to carry you through the spring-summer-early fall? My only one this week is such a wine, regional great Jean-Paul Brun’s Domaine Des […] More
Canadian Wine Insider – May 2023
New and Nearly New Wineries in OntarioA Post-Pandemic Roundup By David Lawrason The past three years of isolation blurred my focus on the opening of new wineries in Ontario. But, in April, I was able to taste bottles from 62 wineries at the Taste Ontario event at the Park Hyatt Toronto — this was a […] More
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Malbec is a red grape variety, originally from southwestern France, which has become the flagship grape of Argentinian wines. The grapes tend to have an inky dark colour and robust tannins, with relatively low acidity. Long known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine, it is still used there in small amounts, but the French plantations of Malbec are found primarily in Cahors, in the French South West, with smaller amounts also found in surrounding southwestern appellations (Bergerac, Côtes du Marmandais...), as well as in the Loire, where it is known as Côt. However, Argentina now has over three times more acres of malbec planted than France does, and most people around the world now know the grape in the oaky, ripe and rich style made in this South American country.
