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If I Could Buy Only One – November 7th Vintages Release
We asked our writers,“If you could buy only one wine from the November 7th, which one would it be and why?” Leaning Post Pinot Noir 2024, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario$35.95, Leaning Post WinesJohn Szabo – As the leaves fall down one by one, I fall into a Pinot Noir kind of mood. And the Niagara Peninsula […] More
Vievinum 2026 — Austria – Top Wines by Tasting Flight
Tasted and reviewed by John Szabo MS Every two years, VieVinum takes over Vienna’s Hofburg palace for what is billed as the largest showcase of Austrian wine, and quite possibly the most elegant wine fair in the world. The 2026 edition ran from May 16 to 18, but for invited international guests the serious work […] More
Traditional Wineries of Austria (“ÖTW”): Single Vineyard Summit & Top Ten Vineyards Countrywide
By John Szabo, MS The Österreichische Traditionsweingüter, or ÖTW, was founded on a simple conviction: that Austria’s greatest wines come from its greatest vineyards, and that those vineyards deserve to be identified and named. The idea took shape in January 1991, at a meeting of a handful of leading Kamptal and Kremstal growers in Langenlois, […] More
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Tempranillo is a variety of black grape widely grown to make full-bodied red wines in its native Spain. It is the main grape used in Rioja, and is often referred to as Spain's "noble grape". Its name is the diminutive of the Spanish temprano ("early"), a reference to the fact that it ripens several weeks earlier than most Spanish red grapes. In the last 100 years it has been planted in South America, USA, South Africa and Australia. Tempranillo wines can be consumed young, but the most expensive ones (reserva or gran reserva bottlings) are aged for several years in oak barrels. The wines are ruby red in colour, with aromas and flavors of berries, plum, tobacco, vanilla, leather and herb.
