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Festive Fizz: A global guide
This holiday season, celebrate with a curated selection of world-class sparkling wines. From timeless Champagne to exciting new discoveries, explore top-scoring sparklers from Decanter World Wine Awards. Full article link...
The Top Chardonnay, According To The 2024 San Francisco International Wine Competition
The SFIWC has released the 2024 wine competition winners. Five Chardonnay wines and one Chardonnay blend made the final rounds. Below are brief descriptions of the wines and tasting notes. ...
Sparkling wines of the Americas: Panel tasting results
There’s plenty of sparkling quality and variety on the American continent, north and south, as the high scores in this wide-ranging tasting showed. By Andy Howard MW September 28, ...
Grape Profile: Gamay in Ontario
Janet Dorozynski coined the hashtag #gogamaygo in 2012 as a rallying cry for Gamay in Canada and globally. After tasting several dozen Gamay from Ontario, she remains bullish about its ...
John Szabo’s Fizz Buyer’s Guide 2023: Our Biggest Report Yet!
Welcome to the annual Fizz Guide! This is always one of the WineAlign Crü’s favourite tastings of the year. By John Szabo, MS, with notes from David Lawrason, Sara ...
Ontario Chardonnay: 20 cool-climate buys from Canada
There’s more to eastern Canada than maple syrup, ice hockey and endless frozen winters. And while the latter helps with Icewine, that’s not what’s causing a buzz. ...
Americas Pinot Noir: Panel tasting results
The premium level, £30 plus, is where Pinot really gets into its quality stride. Here is the first of our two reports on an impressive New World tasting. Report by: ...
American Cabernet Franc: Panel Tasting Results
Producers and UK agents were invited to submit their latest-release dry, still red wines made from a minimum of 75% Cabernet Franc grapes. By Amanda Barnes, Decanter September 18, 2023 ...
A Canadian terroir story: Niagara Peninsula and Prince Edward County
After being struck by the quality of the wines at a tasting in London, Sarah Marsh MW set out to explore the wine regions of Canada. Her three-week tour begins ...