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If I Could Buy Only One – March 21st Vintages Release
We asked our writers,“If you could buy only one wine from the March 21st release, which one would it be and why?” Henry Of Pelham Speck Family Reserve Pinot Noir 2024, Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment, Ontario $47.95, Family Wine MerchantsSara d’Amato – A worthwhile splurge this week, this local find is packed with flavour – […] More
Buyers Guide to Vintages March 21st Release
Wine Planning Your Easter Feast By David Lawrason, with notes from Sara d’Amato, Megha Jandhyala and Michael Godel In case you have been distracted by events of the world, Easter runs from Friday April 3 to Monday April 6 this year. For this release, the Vintages catalogue has paired wines to eight different culinary probabilities […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – March 7th Vintages Release
We asked our writers,“If you could buy only one wine from the March 7th release, which one would it be and why?” Kir Yianni Cuvée Villages Xinomavro 2022, Macedonia, Greece$21.95, The Kolonali Group Inc.John Szabo – Although this was intended to be an earlier maturing version of xinomavro, you’ll be happily surprised by how well […] More
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Its small berries, and consequently high skin-to-juice ratio, allow Petite Sirah to produce wines with high tannin levels, surprisingly high acidity, and thus the ability to age. Characteristically, these wines have dense blackberry fruit character, mixed with black pepper notes. The grape’s similarity to parent Syrah became confusing for early planters in California. Starting in the 1880s, some of the original Durif vines were confused for a clone of Syrah and subsequently named Petite Sirah. The variety is also found in Mexico, Argentina and Brasil, although the best-known and most successful examples come from California.
