Quinta Sanjoanne Terroir Mineral 2020 Price: $26.03 (including tax and delivery fees)Channel: Buyers + Cellars Producer: Casa de CelloCountry: PortugalRegion: AmaranteAppellation: Vinho Verde Grapes: Loureiro, AvessoAlcohol by Volume: 12.5%Sugar Content: <1.5 grams per Litre The Terroir Mineral is a Vinho Verde because it is made within the boundaries of the region in Northern Portugal, and it is made from two of the half dozen or so grapes that are allowed…
Yalumba Samuel Smith Collection Barossa Bush Vine Grenache 2021 Price: $26.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: YalumbaCountry: AustraliaRegion: South AustraliaAppellation: Barossa Grapes: GrenacheAlcohol by Volume: 14.5%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre The Yalumba winery has remained in the Hill-Smith family for six generations, and this series of wines named after its founder focuses on old vines. The Grenache vines from which the 2021 Bush Vines was made were planted between 1920 and…
Bersano Gavi di Gavi 2022 Price: $22.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: BersanoCountry: ItalyRegion: PiedmontAppellation: Gavi DOCG Grapes: CorteseAlcohol by Volume: 12%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre The white wines of Gavi in Piedmont, made from the regionally indigenous Cortese grape, are said to have been developed for the seafood restaurants of Genoa on the Ligurian Coast not far over the mountains away. Bersano’s version might do very well with fresh seafood…
x El Petit Bonhomme 2020 Price: $16.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Les Vins BonhommeCountry: SpainRegion: MurciaAppellation: Jumilla DO Grapes: Monastrelle (55%), Garnacha (30%), Syrah (15%)Alcohol by Volume: 14.5%Sugar Content: 4 grams per litre The Australians might have GSM, but the Southern Spanish have MGS: Monastrelle (aka Mourvèrdre), Granacha (Grenche) and Syrah. At least they do in this delicious aggressively priced juicy red from Nathalie Bonhomme’s wine making company, Les Vins Bonhomme.…
Res Fortes GMS Côtes du Roussillon Price: $30.33 (includes all taxes and delivery fees)Channel: Ranger Wine Producer: Res FortesCountry: FranceRegion: RoussillonAppellation: Côtes du Roussillon AOP Grapes: Grenache (60%), Mourvèrde (30%), Syrah (10%)Alcohol by Volume: 14.5%Sugar Content: Unknown, drinks very dry Moritz Bak established the organic winery, Res Fortes in 2018 in Maury, a part of Roussillon known principally for sweet, fortified Vin Doux Naturel. Bone dry, Res Fortes wines are…
Foncalieu Via Nostrum 2019 Price: $18.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Vignobles FoncalieuCountry: FranceRegion: LanguedocAppellation: Corbières AOC Grapes: Syrah (70%), Grenache (30%)Alcohol by Volume: 14%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre Here is the revenge of the co-operatives, in the form of an affordable and delicious Syrah driven red from the South of France. Les Vignobles Foncalieu is a kind of super co-oprative: a co-op of co-ops with land under vine across all…
