The Vintages division of the L C B O also operates two other departments – Classics and Essentials. The Classics catalogue offers six times a year, rare and outstanding wines and spirits that are only available to those who call in, or fax their orders, pay in advance, specify the […]
An administrator of the East India Dutch Company planted South Africa’s first vineyards in 1652. Ever since , the country has been producing wine, and significant quantities of brandy. Today, South Africa has approximately 100 000 hectares of vineyards that supply 600 wineries. As the per capita wine consumption is […]
Ontario wines are the feature of this release. Several white wines from Closson Chase, Creekside and 2027 Cellars stand out. The sparkling wine from 2027 Cellars can compete with the best from anywhere. The wines featured from south-western Ontario lack acidity. The sherry manzanilla pasada tastes better than most manzanillas […]
Descorchados, edited by Patricia Tapia, is a publication dedicated to present the wineries and wines of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. The writers taste wines submitted by wineries and score all. Selecting those they deem superior in quality and value out of 100. In 2017 Descorchados scored wines’. Winery managements […]
The theme of this mid-summer release is New World varietals and Syrah. The varietals offered are semillon from the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia, viognier from California, pinot gris from Oregon, shiraz from Australia, and syrah from Chile. The outstanding Ornelaia is expensive, but well worth its price. […]
South of France and South Africa are the two features of this release. As usual, there are some rose wines (7), but with the exception of one from Rioja, offer little excitement. The South African offerings in both white and red taste fine, but fail to adequately represent this country’s […]
Generally, Vintages releases offer more and better tasting Argentinean wines. This release offers a few unremarkable white and red wines from Argentina, despite the advertisement that it features Argentine is the featured country, along with emerging European wine producers. Emerging European wines on offer are from Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia […]
Chardonnay is the most widely planted white wine grape variety from Burgundy (its birthplace) British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, and from California to Greece and everywhere in between. It may be un-oaked as is the case in Chablis or Ontario, or California, or aged in oak barrels fro a few months […]
