Let the WineAlign Critics help you find the Right Wine
for the Right Price, Right Now!
Results from the 2024 Nationals – Winery of the Year
SpearHead Winery By veteran NWAC judge DJ Kearney This boutique Kelowna estate achieved an unprecedented and astonishing triumph at the 2024 National Wine Awards of Canada, capturing both Best Performing Small Winery of the Year, and Winery of the Year trophies. Congratulations to the entire SpearHead Winery team for this truly excellent result. To paraphrase […] More
Results from the 2024 Nationals – Best Performing Small Winery of the Year
SpearHead Winery By veteran NWAC judge DJ Kearney For the second time in three years, Kelowna’s SpearHead Winery has won the Best Performing Small Winery of the Year. Victorious with a total of 12 medals, this boutique benchland estate makes roughly 5,000-6,000 cases of wine each year, half of which is pinot noir. This excellent result […] More
Results from the 2024 Nationals – Platinums
Announcing the Results from the 2024 National Wine Awards of Canada Today we are very pleased to announce the 2024 Platinum medal winners. We conclude the announcements this week with the Best Performing Small Winery and Top 10 Small Wineries tomorrow and the Winery of the Year and the Top 25 Wineries in Canada on […] More
National Wine Awards of Canada
Canada's premier wine awards. In 2022, 24 judges tasted over 1,900 wines from 250 wineries across the country to identify Canada's top wines.
National Wine Awards of CanadaExchange Wine Club Subscription
The Exchange delivers an exclusive curated, mixed case of top quality wines directly to your door once a quarter. Mixed, All Red and All White options.
Exchange Wine Club Subscription
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.
