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Top Values at the LCBO (October 2021)
Delists at LCBO Create Values That Will Soon Disappear by Steve Thurlow At this time of the year, the LCBO often delists wines that have not been selling well enough, so as to make way for new listings in its stores. Every wine has a sales quota, which if not met, leads to its removal […] More
Napa Valley Wine – Special Report
Grand Crus of Napa Valley By John Szabo, MS This feature was commissioned by Napa Valley Vintners. On Main Street in St. Helena at the northern end of Napa Valley, the scent of wine, and prosperity, is everywhere. You’ll see fashionable boutique after quaint antique shop, bakeries, cafés, restaurants, tasting rooms, gourmet food shops, a […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – September 18th VINTAGES Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from this release, which one would it be and why?” ($35.00, Two Sisters Vineyards) Sara d’Amato – This week I was struck by this effortlessly compelling, home-grown Two Sisters Riesling 2018 with a Mosel-like freshness and depth of flavour. Delicately perfumed with lily and […] More
National Wine Awards of Canada
Discover Canada's best wines! In 2021, 24 judges tasted over 2,200 wines from 260 wineries across the country to identify Canada's top wines.
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The Exchange is a club that taps into the world of wines beyond retail stores and delivers a curated, mixed case of top quality wines directly to your door. All the wines are 90pts+ and have been carefully chosen by our panel of critics for their quality and value.
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Looking to find new export markets for your wines? Looking for new wines to import into your market? Market Matcher connects wineries with importers.
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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.
