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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
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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.
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Chianti is a red wine made primarily from Sangiovese (80% minimum), blended with smaller amounts of local varieties like Canaiolo or Mammolo or international ones like cabernet sauvignon or merlot. It takes its name from the traditional region of the same name, located near the cities of Florence and Sienna, in Tuscany, where it is produced. It used to be easily identified by its squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called fiasco; however, the fiasco became synonymous with cheap wine and is only used by a few makers of the wine. Today, most Chianti is bottled in traditionally shaped wine bottles. There are many sub-appellations in Chianti, all geographically-defined, like Chianti Colli Senesi or Chianti Rufina. The best-known sub-appellation is chianti classico, whose bottles bear the symbol of a black rooster and whose quality is generally considered to be the best. Low-end Chianti is fairly inexpensive, and basic bottles can be bought for around $10 CAN. There are many higher end, sophisticated Chiantis being made recently, however, and these are sold at substantially higher prices.
