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Results from the 2025 Nationals – Winery of the Year
Mission Hill Family Estate By Anthony Gismondi and David Lawrason The Okanagan hilltop winery with the stunning vistas has returned to the top of the heap once again at the 2025 WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada. It first happened when Mission Hill Family Estate took Winery of the Year honours at the inaugural awards … … Continue reading More
Results from the 2025 Nationals – Best Performing Small Winery of the Year
Laughing Stock Vineyards By NWAC judge HJ Cha HJ (Huijeong) Cha is a certified Sommelier and WSET Diploma holder pursuing her wine studies as a Master of Wine candidate. She is a reviewer and contributer at Gismondi On Wine. The title of this year’s Best Performing Small Winery went to Laughing Stock Vineyards, with standout … … Continue reading More
Results from the 2025 Nationals – Platinum Winners
Announcing the Results from the 2025 National Wine Awards of Canada The 2025 Nationals took place in Penticton from June 21st to 25th. Today, we are pleased to announce the Platinum Medal winners. Category results will be rolling out throughout the rest of July, concluding with the Winery of the Year announcement on August 1st. … … Continue reading More
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Viognier (vee-ohn-yay) is a white wine grape. Viognier wines are well-known for their floral and tropical aromas. Its popularity has increased greatly, since the 1980s, both in France and elsewhere around the world. While its most renowned incarnation is in the Condrieu appellation, in the Northern Rhône, it is used more and more frequently in white blends from the Languedoc-Roussillon and in other appellations of the Rhône and Southern France. It is also found in significant amounts in California and Australia, as well as in Virginia (where it has become an emblematic grape for the state) and in Canada. Traditionally, small amounts of viognier were added to syrah in the famous Côte-Rôtie appellation, and the tradition has since been picked up by a number of Australian producers.
