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Top Values at the LCBO (September 2019)
New Wines Join the Top 50 List Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO by Steve Thurlow I am in Portugal at present, leading a group of wine lovers. This region offers many great wine values. In fact, there are nine wines from here on the […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES September 14th: Diving Deeper into Ontario Wine
Diving Deeper into Ontario Wine By David Lawrason, with notes from John Szabo MS, Michael Godel and Sara d’Amato At this time of year, as harvest draws near, VINTAGES always features local Ontario wines. And it has thankfully come to the point in the industry’s evolution that promoting local can be done confidently, with overall […] More
Sustainable South Africa – Oct 15th
Come out and taste more than 150 different wines from over 35 producers (see list below) from South Africa. Co-hosted by the South African High Commission in Canada and Wines of South Africa, we invite you to explore more than 350 years of heritage and discover a breadth of wines made with sustainability in mind. […] 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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Nebbiolo is a red grape originally found in Piedmont Italy, but is now also grown in small amounts in many other regions of the world. This grape is notably used to make Barbaresco and Barolo wines, but it is also used in other northern Italian appellations like Gattinara, Valtellina and Carema. Wines bearing the varietal name on the label, as opposed to an appellation like Barolo, tend to be simpler, lighter and younger-drinking, but always featuring the typical aromas of cherry, roses and spices of nebbiolo, as well as its significant acidity and tannins.
