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Canadian Wine at The Decanter World Wine Awards

Canadian Wine at The Decanter World Wine Awards

Canadian Wine at The Decanter World Wine Awards If you love wine, you may have heard of Decanter magazine. It is one of the world’s most prestigious wine publications that has been supplying wine reviews and information to oenophiles since 1975. To champion and recognize wine excellence, they sponsor the Decanter World Wine Awards, an annual event for the past…

AND  What Wines to Drink this Month

AND What Wines to Drink this Month

To Decant or Not to Decant AND What Wines to Drink Now… Questions that come up frequently in wine conversation with Wine Journeys: “When should I decant my wine?” or “What does decanting do for wine?”  The answer is worth sharing since decanting is usually done for a couple of reasons.   For age worthy, tannic reds (think Bordeaux or…

Why Argentina is Unique and Our Monthly Wine Reviews

Why Argentina is Unique and Our Monthly Wine Reviews

Why Argentina is Unique and Our Monthly Wine Reviews Argentina is an ideal place for wine and Vintages had a recent release of Argentinean wines that are well worth exploring.  As expected there is great Malbec, but there’s also Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, and Sparkling that you should investigate. That begs the question what makes Argentina ideal?  Actually, there…

A Short History of Wine in Niagara

A Short History of Wine in Niagara

A Short History of Wine in Niagara The history of wine in Niagara is short measured by the time scale of the wine world, which is in centuries.  Its history has been the most interesting starting in the 1970s and 1980s.  It transformed from producing low quality wine using native Labrusca grapes such as Concord to hybrids like Marechal Foch,…