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If I Could Buy Only One – March 29th Vintages Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from the March 29th release, which one would it be and why?” Muga Selección Especial 2019, Rioja, Spain$55.95, VinexxMichael Godel – Muga’s Selección Especial 2019, DOCa Rioja is a blend of tempranillo, garnacha tinta, graciano and mazuelo grown in the clay-limestone (tertiary era) terraces located […] More
Buyer’s Guide to Vintages March 29th Release
John Szabo’s Vintages Review March 29: Elbows Up with Canadian Wine in Hand; Launch of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano’s Pievi; What do Consumers Think of Ontario Wine?By John Szabo MS, with notes from Sara d’Amato, Megha Jandhyala, David Lawrason, and Michael Godel Elbows Up: The Canadian World Are we still trapped in the Old World […] More
By John Szabo MS The big news this year at the annual ‘anteprima’, or preview tastings of the latest Vino Nobile di Montepulciano wines to arrive on the market, was the official launch of the long awaited Pieve designation. These are essentially Riserva-level wines from one of 12 pievi (singular: pieve) or parishes within the […] More
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Merlot is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. Merlot-based wines usually have medium body with hints of berry, plum, and currant. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin. Along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, Merlot is one of the primary grapes in Bordeaux wine where it is the most widely planted grape. Merlot is also one of the most popular red wine varietals in many markets.
