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Top 5 Pinot Noir at the LCBO
Henry Of Pelham Estate Pinot Noir 2017, VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment
Ontario, Canada
268391
Casablanca Nimbus Pinot Noir 2016, Certified Carbon Neutral, Single Vineyard, Casablanca Valley
Casablanca Valley, Chile
13296
Top Values at the LCBO (October 2020)
Value batch of $8 and $9 whites & reds. by Steve Thurlow Sixteen wines joined the Top50 this month and among them there are many $8 and $9 whites and reds to tell you about. I have been tasting new vintages of several wines; some of which are better than the last vintage and so […] More
Think You Know Wine? Live on Saturday night.
Grab a glass and join us Saturday at 6pm. After six successful seasons of “So You Think You Know Wine?”, and a three year hiatus, the crack WineAlign team of critics is back with a new, live and interactive blind tasting cocktail hour on Zoom. “Think you know wine? Live!” Will pit our stars David, John, Michael and Sara […] More
The confidence of Romagna Albana and Sangiovese
Observations and views from Anteprime Romagna Sangiovese in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, February 2020 by Michael Godel Afford me the opportunity to explain something about Romagna albana and sangiovese. The endemic white and more famously Tuscan red are ready to be heard from out of Italy’s Emila-Romagna region, a northerly Italian province extending from the Apennine Mountains […] 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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Costly to produce, capricious, relatively low-yielding and sensitive, pinot noir has been nicknamed the "heartbreak grape" by winegrowers and winemakers who insist on producing it, as they seek to elicit from it the remarkable finesse and depth it is able to generate. In its home in Burgundy, it produces a mind-boggling range of nuances, which are highly sought by wine lovers from around the world. In the broadest terms, Pinot Noir tends to be of light to medium body with an aroma reminiscent of black cherry, raspberry or currant. Traditional red Burgundy is famous for its fleshy, 'farmyard' aromas, but changing fashions and new easier-to-grow clones have favoured a lighter, fruitier style. However, an emerging style from California and New Zealand highlights a more powerful, fruit forward and darker wine that can approach syrah in depth. Pinot noir is also often used in the production of Champagne.
