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Top Values at the LCBO (April 2020)
Buying Wines in the COVID-19 Era by Steve Thurlow The world has certainly changed since I last wrote. I hope that you are all well. I am doing fine and have just completed my 14 day quarantine following my return from Australia. (Note from WineAlign regarding the Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES April 4th release: Due […] More
Digging Deeper into the Wines of Niagara-on-the-Lake
By David Lawrason This feature was commissioned by Wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake. I have been visiting wineries in Niagara-on-the-Lake for almost forty years. My focus has always been on the wines – less so the many fine restaurants, the charming town, the mighty Falls or the festivals – as much I enjoy all these attributes as […] More
The 2020 National Wine Awards of Canada are Postponed
The judging of the 20th Anniversary Edition of the National Wine Awards of Canada has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sessions were to be held the week of June 24 to 28 in Penticton, British Columbia. Still, with so many moving parts, from processing entries and shipping wines to confirming hotel […] 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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Nero d'Avola ("Black from Avola" in Italian) is "the most important red wine grape in Sicily" and is one of Italy's most important indigenous varieties. It is named after Avola, near Syracusa in the southeast of Sicily and its wines are often compared to New World Shiraz, with sweet soft tannins and plum/ prune fruit and sometimes peppery flavours. It is often made as a varietal wine, but it is also be assembled with another local grape called Frappato or with international varieties.
