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D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 18
Along the Danube Part 1 The Wine Thieves begin their cruise along the Danube exploring Neiderösterreich (Lower Austria), pausing to marvel at the magnificent, steeply terraced vineyards of the Wachau, the variegated side valleys of the Kremstal, Kamptal and the Traisental, with a pampered pitstop in Langenlois before next week’s hike into the Weinvertel. Sara […] More
D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 17
Green Austria Part II: Biodynamic Austria Still unraveling grüner Austria, the Thieves dig into biodynamic history and practices at Austria’s oldest Demeter-certified winery (2nd oldest in the world) watching the Zodiac since 1971: Nikolaihof. We speak to current generation winegrower Nikolaus Saahs at his estate in the village of Mautern on the southern side of […] More
Viña San Pedro’s Tayu: A Good Wine with an Even Better Back Story
Collaboration between one of Chile’s largest wine companies and a tiny indigenous Mapuche community leads to learning on both sides and winning results. By John Szabo MS This feature was commissioned by VSPT Wine Group “My annual harvest is 2.2million kilos”, Viviana Navarrete tells me. That’s an enormous number. But then again, Viviana is one […] 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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Port is a Portuguese, fortified wine from the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet red wine, but also comes in dry, semi-dry and white varieties. It is often served as a dessert wine. Wines in the style of port are produced around the world in several countries, but under European Union guidelines, only the product from Portugal may be labelled as Port. There are many styles of ports, divided into two major families: rubys (which includes vintage and late bottled vintage ports) and tawnys (including the single-vintage colheitas). Vintage ports, which are bottled young in only the best years, when a vintage declaration is allowed by the consortium overseeing the production of port, fetch the highest prices and can age for decades if not centuries. A Tawny Port is made from a red Port wine that has matured in wooden barrels, whose permeability allows a small amount of exposure to oxygen, and experience what is known as "oxidative" aging. If red grapes are used, in time the red colour lightens to a tawny colour - these are known as Tawny (or sometimes Wood) ports. They also lose volume to evaporation, leaving behind a wine that is slightly more viscous and intense.
