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Top 5 Sparkling White at the LCBO
Vineland Estates Sparkling Pinot Meunier Reserve 2015, Charmat Method, VQA Ontario
Ontario, Canada
520700
Desiderius Pongrácz Brut Cap Classique Sparkling Chardonnay/Pinot Noir, Traditional Method, Wo Western Cape, South Africa
Western Cape, South Africa
404111
If I Could Buy Only One – Jan 19th, 2019 VINTAGES Release
For the Jan 19th VINTAGES release, we asked: “If you could buy only one wine from this release – which one would it be and why?” David Lawrason: There are some regions I would never want to be without in my personal stash for anytime drinking – as long the examples are classic and delicious. One of […] More
Heritage and diversity in South Africa
Takeaways from Cape Wine 2018: Bot Rivier, new generation pinotage, regional spotlight on Robertson, Méthode Cap Classique, heritage vines, post revolution Swartland, wot varietal? and kuier by Michael Godel The last time I travelled across the Atlantic and down to the southern tip of Africa was in the warm days of September when I took […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES January 19th Part Two
Focus on South Africa: Best Values In The World by Michael Godel with notes from David Lawrason and John Szabo M.S. Last week in Part One John Szabo M.S. and the WineAlign team covered the smart buys of the VINTAGES January 19th release but saved this special edition of Part Two for an exclusive look at […] 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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Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. The classic example of a sparkling wine is Champagne, but many other examples are produced in other countries and regions, such as Cava in Spain, Franciacorta in Italy (the generic Italian term for sparkling wine being Spumante), Sekt in Germany and Cap Classique in South Africa. In some parts of the world, the word "champagne" is used as a synonym for sparkling wine, although laws in Europe and other countries reserve the word champagne for a specific type from the Champagne region of France.
