Garciarévalo Tres Olmos Verdejo 2021 Price: $14.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: GarciarévalosCountry: SpainRegion: RuedaAppellation: Rueda DO Grapes: VerdejoAlcohol by Volume: 12.8%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre Spanish whites might be having a moment. At least they are at my house, where we look for good value and fresh fruit character. This fresh organic white gets a few months on its lees to round out its character, and the result is remarkably…
Muga Rioja Reserva 2019 Price: $28.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Bodegas MugaCountry: SpainRegion: La RiojaAppellation: Rioja DO Grapes: Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta, Mazuelo, GracianoAlcohol by Volume: 14.5%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre The British wine writer, and Spanish wine expert, Tim Atkin MW calls the 2018 Muga Reserva “textbook”. That is a much more intersting way of saying classic, which was my note when I tasted it earlier this year. The Muga…
Caruso & Minini Naturalmente Bio Catarratto 2021 Price: $21.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Caruso & MininiCountry: ItalyRegion: SicilyAppellation: Sicilia DOCG Grapes: CatarrattoAlcohol by Volume: 12.5%Sugar Content: 8 grams per litre Catarratto competes with Sangiovese as Italy’s most planted grape variety, and nearly all of it is in Western Sicily. Once a mainstay of sweet, fortified Marsala wine, the grape is being taken seriously as a dry wine variety as the island’s…
Bachelder Les Villages Niagara Gamay Noir 2021 Price: $25.95Channel: Bachelder Wines Producer: Bachelder WinesCountry: CanadaRegion: NiagaraAppellation: Niagara Peninsula VQA Grapes: GamayAlcohol by Volume: 12.5%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre Thomas Bachelder is surely one of Canada’s masters of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, having honed his craft in Burgundy, Oregon, then ‘home’ to Niagara. Lately, he’s become a kind of scholar of the Niagara Peninsula, carefully sourcing fruit from small, family…
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…
