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Our Annual Gift Guide – December 14th, 2018
Wine Gifts for the Stocking, the Hosts & Someone Special By David Lawrason, with notes from John Szabo, Sara d’Amato, Michael Godel & Steve Thurlow Last year we rolled out what proved to be a very popular gift guide wherein we five critics picked wines for three gifting scenarios named above. This year however we […] More
Top Values at the LCBO (December 2018)
Your Guide to Best Values, Limited Time Offers & Bonus Air Miles selections at the LCBO Holiday Gifts and Discounts @ LCBO; updates to Top 50 by Steve Thurlow There are many wines for drinking and dining discounted this month on the Top 50 Best Values List. Some will make admirable gifts for under the […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – Dec 8th, 2018 VINTAGES Release
For the Dec 8th VINTAGES release, we asked: “If you could buy only one wine from this release – which one would it be and why?” Michael Godel: Talk about benchmark, here is your guide to Ontario’s most prominent, knowable and classically styled sparkling wine. The Henry Of Pelham 2013 Cuvée Catharine Carte Blanche Estate Blanc […] 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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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.
