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If I Could Buy Only One – Feb 16, 2019 VINTAGES Release
For the Feb 16th VINTAGES release, we asked: “If you could buy only one wine from this release – which one would it be and why?” John Szabo: A recent visit to Chile brought to full light the exciting changes happening in this important wine producing nation, and travelling from Maipo near the Andes to the coastal Leyda […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES February 16th – Part Two
Critics on the road again, all you can taste and more smart buys by Michael Godel As you are reading this John and I have just wrapped up our first Anteprime di Toscane week together in Tuscany, having spent three days visiting estates in Chianti Classico and tasting through hundreds of wines based on the […] More
Top Values at the LCBO (February 2019)
Eight wines under $12 are on the list this month; updated Top 50 Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO – by Steve Thurlow There are many wines for drinking and dining discounted this month, including a lovely red from the Veneto in Italy, which is […] 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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Rioja is a wine from a region named after the Rio Oja, in northeast Spain. Rioja wines are normally a blend of various grape varieties, and can be either red, white or rose. In whites, the wines are made from viura and verdejo, while in reds, the best-known and most widely-used variety is Tempranillo, blended with garnacha (grenache), graciano, mazuelo and others. Red Riojas often display characteristics of oak and vanilla, due to barrel aging with relatively high proportions of new oak. Red riojas come in various styles, defined according to the length of time spent in barrel, from joven (young) styles to Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva.
