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Buyer’s Guide to Vintages September 13th Release
The Harvest is On and Ontario’s Outlook is Awesome By David Lawrason with notes from Megha Jandhyala and Sara d’Amato Vintages’ first September release has traditionally featured Ontario wines, a nod to the harvest and the beginning of a new wine year. This edition brushes up on some history and features Niagara’s wine establishment, fittingly […] More
De Rigueur Sicilia en Primeur 2025
By Michael Godel Estate visits around Noto, two days of tastings in Modica and 188 tasting notes. From May 6th through 10th, 2025, the 21st Sicilia en Primeur signalled the annual return of Assovini Sicilia’s proper, correct and yes, also decorous event. Journalists from all over the world arrived by invitation only for a week […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – August 30th Vintages Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from the August 30th release, which one would it be and why?” Palacios Remondo La Montesa 2021, Rioja, Spain$26.95, Woodman Wines & SpiritsMegha Jandhyala – My “only one” this week is a Rioja I tasted last week that has persisted not just in my […] More
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Sauternes is a French dessert wine from the Sauternais, part of the Graves region of Bordeaux. Sauternes is made from Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Muscadelle grapes that have been affected by Botrytis cinerea, also known as noble rot. This causes the grapes to become partially raisined, resulting in concentrated and distinctively flavored wines. Sauternes is one of the few wine regions where infection with noble rot is a frequent occurrence, due to its climate. Even so, wine production varies greatly from vintage to vintage, depending on the amount of botrytis-affected grapes and their general condition and ripeness.
