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Top 5 Sauternes at the LCBO
Barolo DOCG previews and retrospectives: 2016, Riserva 2014, 2006 and 2004
A WineAlign critic’s January 2020 journey to Alba in Piemonte and his assessment of 230 Barolo at Nebbiolo Prima 2020 by Michael Godel Preview of Barolo DOCG 2016 Nothing in the behaviour of these nebbiolo consents to their age. Too serious, too impenetrable and at the same time terribly sharp, focused and severe. Wines as […] More
A Toast to Cool VQA Chardonnay – July 18, 2020
Join WineAlign critics Michael Godel and John Szabo MS for a virtual, interactive Zoom tasting of top Ontario wines, part of the i4C 2020 (International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration). Purchase your favourite cool VQA Chardonnay, gather your bubble, bring your burning wine questions, and tune in for a mostly fun, but accidentally educational cocktail hour […] More
D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 1
Bourgogne for a Changing World Part 1: Attractive Values of the “Bourgogne Plus” We are pleased to introduce new wine content for our subscribers in the form of a bi-monthly podcast. D’Amato & Szabo Wine Thieves is a riveting insider’s look at the realm of fine wine telling the stories of the people and the […] 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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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.
