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A Buyer’s Guide to Summer Sippers
Last of the chilled summer tips for spills, thrills and sips By Michael Godel with notes from David, John, Sara and Megha When heat needs to be beat and quenching one’s thirst becomes a daily act of necessity, embracing the righteousness of whites and rosés requires little creativity. In these times of thermometric accumulation, laying […] More
South Africa Update: Old Vines Leading the Way Out of Crisis and Into the Premium Markets
By John Szabo, MS This feature was commissioned by Wines of South Africa. The growing movement to find, preserve and celebrate old vines in South Africa is among the key factors in restoring and shoring up the country’s embattled wine industry. The wines made from these old vineyards, in some cases planted well over a […] More
Announcing the 2022 Winery of the Year
CedarCreek Estate Winery By Co-Head Judge Anthony Gismondi In 2022, CedarCreek Estate Winery, an East Kelowna winery located in the northern Okanagan Valley, topped all 251 producers at the WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada. Making it to the top of the list may sound easy, but it is a journey. You don’t become Canada’s […] More
National Wine Awards of Canada
Discover Canada's best wines! In 2021, 24 judges tasted over 2,200 wines from 260 wineries across the country to identify Canada's top wines.
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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.
