* MORE FOOD AND DRINK BOOKS for Spring 2020

 

 

DIABETES ESSENTIALS: everyday basics (Robert Rose, 2020, 192 pages, ISBN 978-0-7788-0631-8 $27.95 CAD softbound) is an oversized paperback created by Karen Graham, RD of British Columbia, and Mansur Shomali, MD, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. It's a book in the series Health & Wellness, basically meant for "new" type 2 diabetics. Every topic has been reduced to lists of ten points for beginning learners: prediabetes, morning blood sugar, stress, lab tests, medical terms, mindful eating, and more. It all begins on pages 12 and 13 with "Diabetes First Ten Days" and leads to strategies of management through nutrition, exercise, and medication. Preparations have their ingredients listed in both metric and avoirdupois measurements, but there is no table of equivalents.

Audience and level of use: mostly pre-diabetics

Some interesting or unusual recipes/facts: the recipe section has about ten preps for each of tasty soups, salads, dinners, desserts, snacks, and then meal planning.

The downside to this book: the oversized nature of the book (8.5 x 11 inches) makes it awkward, although the size does allow for larger typefaces.

The upside to this book: lots of great illustrations and checklist-quizzes to keep you on point.

Quality/Price Rating: 90.

 

 

 

4.THE HEALTHSPAN SOLUTION: how and what to eat to add life to your years (DK Books, 2019, 256 pages, ISBN 978-1-4654-9007-0, $25 USD hardbound) is by Julienna Hever, MS Nutrition, and author of four other plant-based books, and Ray Cronise, co-founder of Efferos. They propose that a single lifestyle modification can dramatically improve one's quality of life and promote sustainable health benefits: a plant-based diet. Here are 100 easy but quality recipes, arranged by courses (soups, salads, sides, sweets, sauces). I do not like the grey-toned background on the recipe pages because it makes the text difficult to read. The typeface for the chef notes are a goodly size, but the rest of the page with more important content such as instructions and ingredients is very hard to read. Preparations have their ingredients listed in avoirdupois measurements, but there is no table of metric equivalents.

Audience and level of use: those contemplating life/health style changes

Some interesting or unusual recipes/facts: fiesta corn stew; green apple and brussels sprout slaw; eggplant rollatini; lime-mint papaya and jicama bowl; new year's collard greens.

The downside to this book: one really doesn't know how effective this all is for oneself until the end is nigh. Has the nigh been long enough?

The upside to this book: the proof is in the (plant-based) pudding.

Quality/Price Rating: 85.

 

 

 

5.THE DELICIOUS BOOK OF DHAL: comforting vegan and vegetarian recipes made with lentils, peas and beans (Ryland Peters & Small, 2019, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-78879-150-2 $14.95 USD hardbound) is by Nitisha Patel, a UK food consultant and chef specializing in recipe development. Call it "dhal", "dal" or "daal" – it's all about that important staple: the dried, split pulses of South Asian countries. The 40 preps ere show how diversified the pulses are; dhal can refer to the pulses themselves and to the resulting dishes. So dhal can be a medium-thin soup, a curry, a pakora, dosa, burgers, or dessert. Chapters in this book are divided along those lines. The book could have been improved if it had also used more metric in the recipes, or at least had a metric conversion chart.

Audience and level of use: plant-based aficionados

Some interesting or unusual recipes/facts: kaali urad dhal; coconut and kale toor dhal; brussels sprouts and carrot sambharo; moong dhal, kale and coconut salad; spiced lentil trail mix; vindaloo burger relish.

Quality/Price Rating: 85

 

 

 

6.CAULIFLOWER POWER: 75 feel-good, gluten-free recipes made with the world's most versatile vegetable (Artisan, 2019, 240 pages, ISBN 978-1-57965-901-1 $19.95 USD hardbound) is by Lindsay Grimes Freedman, who begins with the five key ways to prepare cauliflower: whole head, steaks, florets, riced, and mealed. The range is all-day, from breakfasts through lunches, happy hours, dinners and sides, and desserts. She has a resources list with websites for pantry products such as tamari or almond flour. The book could have been improved if it had also used more metric in the recipes, or at least had a metric conversion chart. Quality/price rating:

Audience and level of use: vegetarians, for the most part.

Some interesting or unusual recipes/facts: shepherd's pie; California roll; turmeric roasted vegetable Buddha bowl; fettuccine alfredo; strawberry ice cream.

Quality/Price Rating: 87

 

 

May we all have 2020 vision.
Chimo! www.deantudor.com

The March 2 Event at Le Select: A tasting of Vignobles de Larose wines along with a discussion on the new Classification of Crus Bourgeois.

1.The Date and Time: Monday March 2, 2020  Noon – 2:30 PM

The Event: A tasting of Vignobles de Larose wines along with a discussion on the new Classification of Crus Bourgeois.

The Venue: Le Select

The Target Audience: Wine Writers' Circle of Canada members

The Availability/Catalogue: Marchands des Ameriques is the agency (see below). Differing vintages are currently available; others will come in August and October of this year.

The Quote/Background: Franck Bijon, the General Manager and Chief Winemaker of Vignobles de la Rose made the presentation, commenting on the company's history. It's got three major Chateaux in the Haut-Medoc: Chateau LaRose Trintaudon (huge seller in the USA), Chateau LaRose Perganson, and Chateau Arnauld. Area is 263 hectares, production is 1.3 million bottles a year, exports are 30% of the company totals. The company began its first rehabilitation in 1963, followed by another in 2000 to get numerous environmental certifications (and again in 2020). Franck also discussed the details on applying for classification. Crus Bourgeois were classified in 2003 and then again in 2020. There are 247 chateaux with three levels. The first is a basic entry, followed by "superior" and then "exceptional". Re-validation is every five years (e.g., 2025, 2030, etc.). LaRose's barrel program includes 3600 barrels (of which 900 are new) for the Trintaudon, 400 barrels (of which 140 are new) for the Perganson (superior), and 35 all-new barrels for the Arnauld (exceptional). In 2019, they bought Chateau Tour de Pez in St. Estephe, which we did not taste today.

The Wines: Kenneth Gunn of the Marchands des Vins agency has the Haut-Medoc wines for sale...

 

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Chateau LaRose Trintaudon 2011 [juicy and racy] $29.50 licensee

-Chateau LaRose Perganson 2008 [my fave of the day] $34.50 licensee

-Chateau LaRose Perganson 2010 [2011 at the agency for $36 licensee] coming Oct 3

 

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Chateau LaRose Trintaudon 2009 – coming Aug 22

-Chateau Arnauld 2012

-Chateau Arnauld 2014 $58.10 licensee

 

The Food: Bordeaux friendly food, such as a salade d'endive, foies de canard, filet de boeuf grille, risotto aux champignons, and souffle au fromage et aux noisettes.

The Downside: I had just come from the dentist.

The Upside: Trintaudon 2003, 2014, and 2015 are at the LCBO; Perganson 2006 is at the LCBO $32.10 retail.

The Contact Person: manon.morel@vignoblesdelarose.com and kenneth@marchandsdesameriques.com

The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 91

 

Chimo! www.deantudor.com

RECENT IMPRESSIVE FOODBOOKS !!!!!

 

--PALESTINE ON A PLATE; memories from my mother's kitchen (Interlink  Publishing Group, 2020, 240 pages, $34.95 paperbound) is by Joudie Kalla, a UK chef who specializes in Palestine food. She earlier had also written the cookbook "Baladi Palestine". This is the home-cooked food of her heritage, paying homage to the Palestine that her family knew and remembers. She starts off with her world of ingredients before moving on to the courses (breakfast, desserts) and the major ingredients: grains, legumes, veggies, lamb, chicken, fish. There's also a bibliography and a list of suppliers. First rate photography with strong memoir-ish cook's notes and travel info.

 

--BIG FLAVORS FROM ITALIAN AMERICA: family-style favorites from coast to coast (America's Test Kitchen, 2020, 278 pages, $35 hardbound) is by the crew at America's Test Kitchens in Boston, where their motto is "recipes that work".  The cookbook celebrates the basic red sauce (ragu gravy) cooking found in America, and also included here is a short history of Italian American food. Created here were spaghetti and meatballs, cioppino, and scali bread. Pizza shops, pasta shops, and sandwich shops came to every town., sustained by those customers who wanted simple and inexpensive meals – usually with garlic bread and modestly-priced baskets of chianti, often lasagna. As the years went by, new items appeared: risotto, polenta, different ravioli.  This work also covers minor variations in restaurants across the USA – Philadelphia pork sandwiches, Utica greens, Detroit-Chicago-St Louis pizzas, eggplant pecorino, garlic knots and zeppole. Good holiday reading, from marinated olives through calamari, Sunday suppers, breads and desserts.

 

 

--BOWLS; vibrant recipes with endless possibilities (America's Test Kitchen, 2020, 246 pages, $35 hardbound) is just one a series of ATK books, now numbering in the seventies. They always take a theme and look at it from every angle, to produce the absolute best cooking ideas and recipes, taking into account kitchen equipment and varying cooking skills. This one produces  presp on salad bowls, grain and bean bowls, noodle bowls, and soup bowls.  There are master meal preps with make-ahead components, some mix and match items, and handy use of leftovers. There are 63 toppings and sauces, making enough here for a year full of bowls, many of them customized. This is probably the only bowl cookbook  you will ever need. Great ideas, with service ranging mostly from two to six, and with full nutritional information for each. There are tables of conversions and equivalents. Just perfect for the zoomer starting out in life.

 

 

May we all have 2020 vision.
Chimo! www.deantudor.com

The February 24 2020 Event: Taste Ontario – Toronto wine trade show

The Date and Time: Monday February 24. 2020  11AM to 4:30PM

The Event: Taste Ontario – Toronto trade show

The Venue: ROM

The Target Audience: wine trade

The Availability/Catalogue: the catalogue was a model – wines and license contacts were listed by region with full data (vintage year, licensee and retail prices), with enough space for tasting notes.

The Quote/Background: the media writers were in the Glass Room on the 4th floor where we had advance time and some sit-down table space to write up our scores.

The Wines: About 213 wines were available from 55 wineries; I did not taste them all, preferring to concentrate on the chardonnays and the sparklers, and some syrah wines. ABVs are used. The first price is licensee. CSPCs are listed when the wine is available through the LCBO. The rated wines are listed RANDOMLY within each category of BEST, BETTER and GOOD.

 

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

 

Winery    Wine    VQA Appellation    Vintage    Volume/bottle    Alc./Vol.    LCBO #    Licensee Price    Retail Price                                

 

-13th Street Winery    Gamay Blanc de Noir    Creek Shores    2017    750ml    12.5%    n/a     $29.34      $34.95                                        

-2027 Cellars    Edgerock Vineyard Brut Rosé    Twenty Mile Bench    2016    750ml    11.5%    n/a     $28.95      $34.95                                    

-Alvento Winery    Sparkling Rosé    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    12.5%    N/A     $21.06      $25.15                                                

-Cave Spring Cellars    Blanc de Blancs CSV    Beamsville Bench    2013    750ml    12.0%    n/a     $37.78      $44.95

-Cave Spring Cellars    Riesling CSV    Beamsville Bench    2017    750ml    11.5%    566026     $25.12      $29.95

-Cave Spring Cellars    Chardonnay CSV    Beamsville Bench    2018    750ml    13.5%    529941     $25.12      $29.95

-Charles Baker Wines    Charles Baker Riesling    Vinemount Ridge    2017    750ml    11.0%    n/a     $31.24      $32.91

-Charles Baker Wines    Charles Baker Riesling    Vinemount Ridge    2016    1500ml    11.0%    n/a     $83.57      $99.00

-Keint-he Winery and Vineyards    Portage Chardonnay    Prince Edward County    2016    750ml    12.5%    n/a     $20.94      $25.00

-Cloudsley Cellars    Chardonnay, Niagara Peninsula    Niagara Peninsula    2017    750ml    13.5%    n/a     $20.74      $25.00

-Cloudsley Cellars    Chardonnay, Twenty Mile Bench    Twenty Mile Bench    2017    750ml    13.5%    n/a     $29.18      $35.00

-Closson Chase Vineyards    Brock Chardonnay    Niagara River    2017    750ml    13.0%    n/a     $19.88      $23.75

-Domaine Queylus    Signature Chardonnay    Niagara Peninsula    2017    750ml    13.0%    n/a     $20.89      $24.95

-Flat Rock Cellars    Riddled    Twenty Mile Bench    2017    750ml    12.0%    383315     $29.34      $34.95

-Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery    Cuvée Catharine Brut    Niagara Peninsula    NV    750ml    12.0%    217521     $27.65      $32.95

-Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery    Chardonnay Estate    Short Hills Bench    2018    750ml    13.0%    444268     $18.53      $21.95

-Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery    Three of Hearts Rosé    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    11.5%    552562     $16.67      $19.95

-Hidden Bench Estate Winery    Estate Chardonnay    Beamsville Bench    2017    750ml    13.0%    68817     $25.12      $29.95

-Hidden Bench Estate Winery    Terroir Caché    Beamsville Bench    2016    750ml    13.0%    505610     $37.78      $44.95

-Leaning Post Wines    The Fifty Chardonnay    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    13.0%    578864     $18.57      $22.20

-Rockway Vineyards    Wild Ferment Chardonnay    Twenty Mile Bench    2016    750ml    14.0%    n/a     $19.51      $25.00

-The Foreign Affair Winery    Conspiracy Bianco    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    11.3%    n/a     $14.99      $17.95

-Westcott Vineyards    Estate Chardonnay    Vinemount Ridge    2018    750ml    12.5%    n/a     $23.43      $27.95

-Icellars Estate Winery    Chardonnay    Niagara-on-the-Lake    2017    750ml    13.2%    n/a     $33.60      $40.00

-Queenston Mile Vineyard    Chardonnay    St. David's Bench    2017    750ml    12.8%    n/a     $29.38      $35.00

-Southbrook Vineyards    Triomphe Chardonnay    Niagara Peninsula    2017    750ml    13.0%    172338     $20.90      $24.95

-Southbrook Vineyards    Laundry Vineyard Chardonnay    Lincoln Lakeshore    2017    750ml    13.4%    n/a     $29.38      $35.00

-Trius Winery    Trius Brut    Niagara Peninsula    NV    750ml    12.0%    284539     $25.12      $29.95

 

 

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

 

Winery    Wine    VQA Appellation    Vintage    Volume/bottle    Alc./Vol.    LCBO #    Licensee Price    Retail Price

                               

-13th Street Winery    Cabernet Franc    Creek Shores    2018    750ml    13.0%    n/a     $20.90      $24.95                                

-Westcott Vineyards    Violette Sparkling Brut    Vinemount Ridge    2014    750ml    9.5%    n/a     $21.74      $25.95

-Two Sisters Vineyards    Unoaked Chardonnay    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    13.2%    n/a     $21.84      $39.00

-Colio Estate Wines    Lily Sparkling    Ontario    NV    750ml    12.0%    418657     $14.99      $17.95                                        

-Colio Estate Wines    Bricklayer's Reward Riesling    Niagara Peninsula    2017    750ml    10.5%    644765     $15.83      $18.95                        

-Stratus Vineyards    Stratus White    Niagara Lakeshore    2016    750ml    13.1%    660704     $32.91      $39.20

-Broken Stone Winery    Exuberance Sparkling Riesling    Ontario    2017    750ml    11.0%    627083     $20.89      $24.95

-Stratus Vineyards    Tollgate Sauvignon / Semillon    Niagara Lakeshore    2018    750ml    11.8%    n/a     $17.54      $20.95

-Trail Estate Winery    Chardonnay Unfiltered    Prince Edward County    2018    750ml    12.7%    n/a     $33.60      $40.00

-North 42 Degrees Estate Winery    Chardonnay    Ontario    2018    750ml    12.5%    n/a     $13.50      n/a                                                

-Huff Estates Winery    Cuvée Janine    Prince Edward County    2017    750ml    12.0%    n/a     $23.90      $30.00

-Trius Winery    Barrel Ferment Chardonnay    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    12.8%    251470     $16.67      $19.95

-Between The Lines Winery    Gewürztraminer    Four Mile Creek    2018    750ml    12.0%    n/a     $14.99      $17.95

-Pelee Island Winery    LOLA Cabernet Franc Rose    South Islands    2018    750ml    12.5%    552497     $13.30      $15.95                        

-Keint-he Winery and Vineyards    Voyageur Chardonnay    Niagara Peninsula    2016    750ml    12.7%    n/a     $16.29      $19.50

-Pelee Island Winery    J.S. Hamilton Pinot Gris Vendange Tardive    South Islands    2017    750ml    13.5%    n/a     $14.16      $16.95                        

-Pelee Island Winery    Thaddeus Smith Red [syrah blend]    South Islands    2017    750ml    13.4%    n/a     $21.74      $25.95                

-2027 Cellars    Wismer Vineyard FoxCroft Block Chardonnay    Twenty Mile Bench    2018    750ml    13.0%    n/a     $19.95      $24.95                        

-The Foreign Affair Winery    Viognier    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    13.5%    11948     $20.05      $23.95

-The Organized Crime Winery    Limestone Block Chardonnay    Beamsville Bench    2017    750ml    13.1%    n/a     $17.73      $21.20

-Traynor Family Vineyard    Chardonnay Skin Ferment White    Prince Edward County    2016    750ml    12.4%    n/a     $16.39      $25.00

-Alvento Winery    Riesling    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    9.5%    n/a     $20.22      $24.15                                                

-Angels Gate Winery    Mountainview Syrah    Beamsville Bench    2016    750ml    13.0%         $25.12      $29.95                                    

-Calamus Estate Winery    Barrel Kissed Chardonnay    Niagara Peninsula    2017    750ml    12.0%    n/a     $14.14      $16.95

-Creekside Estate Winery    Iconoclast Syrah    St. David's Bench    2016    750ml    13.0%    471797     $20.94      $25.00

-Creekside Estate Winery    Iconoclast Sauvignon Blanc Semillon    Niagara Peninsula    2017    750ml    12.0%    520627     $19.25      $23.00

-Creekside Estate Winery    Broken Press Syrah    St. David's Bench    2016    750ml    13.5%    n/a     $46.26      $55.00

-Flat Rock Cellars    Gravity Pinot Noir    Twenty Mile Bench    2016    750ml    13.5%    1560     $29.34      $34.95

-Flat Rock Cellars    Chardonnay    Twenty Mile Bench    2018    750ml    13.5%    286278     $16.68      $19.95

-Georgian Hills Vineyards    Wild & Inspired Chardonnay Cuvée    Niagara Peninsula    2017    750ml    13.0%    n/a     $25.16      $30.00

-Meldville Wines    Chardonnay    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    13.0%    n/a     $16.71      $20.00

-Redstone Winery    Limestone Ridge Vineyard Sparkling    Twenty Mile Bench    2016    750ml    13.0%    n/a     $21.06      $25.15

-Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery    Elisha's Chardonnay    Niagara Peninsula    2018    750ml    12.5%    n/a     $19.21      $22.95

-Tawse Winery    Natural Quarry Road Chardonnay    Vinemount Ridge    2018    750ml    13.0%    n/a     $31.19      $37.15

                                               

 

*** GOOD -- Three Stars (85 – 87 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

Winery    Wine    VQA Appellation    Vintage    Volume/bottle    Alc./Vol.    LCBO #    Licensee Price    Retail Price                                

 

-Broken Stone Winery    County Grown Chardonnay    Prince Edward County    2018    750ml    13.4%    668269     $22.58      $26.95

-Cooper's Hawk Vineyards    Barrel Fermented Chardonnay    Lake Erie North Shore    2017    750ml    11.5%    n/a     $15.15      $18.15                        

-Reif Estate Winery    'Magician' Pinot Shiraz    Niagara Peninsula    2017    750ml    13.5%    246413     $25.25      $30.15

-Creekside Estate Winery    Backyard Sauvignon Blanc Bubbly    Creek Shores    2018    750ml    13.5%    398628     $20.94      $25.00

-Between The Lines Winery    Riesling    Four Mile Creek    2018    750ml    11.5%    n/a     $14.99      $17.95

                               

The Food: enormous sandwiches were provided to the media, along with a couple of salads plus a charcuterie/cheese board, with cookies and fruit for dessert, and coffee.

The Downside: overall, I found some of the wines very inviting (principally whites, roses, and sparklers), but most reds were too young – restaurants and private clients may want to store them awhile.

The Upside: the media room...THANK YOU WMAO!! For a comparison of wine quality and prices, look at my previous postings for VQA at the end of February going back several years.

The Contact Person: info@wmao.com

The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 93

 

Chimo! www.deantudor.com

SOME NEW BEVERAGE SAMPLES SENT TO ME FOR TASTING –

SOME NEW BEVERAGE SAMPLES SENT TO ME FOR TASTING THIS MONTH –

 

 

1.Luigi Bosca Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva 2017 Mendoza, +128629, $18.95 Vintages April: black fruit dominates this substantial wine. Made from older vines (some are 50 years old). Aging in French and US oak barrels for 14 months, still needs time to resolve despite 3 years of age. 13.8% ABV, a hefty thick wine that dominates. Best for carnivores? You decide. Quality/Price rating is 91 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.

 

 

2.Henry of Pelham Chardonnay Speck Family Reserve 2018 VQA Short Hills Bench +616466, $29.95 Vintages April: Grapes come from their oldest estate vineyards (beginning 1988), hand-picked. Barrel fermented in French oak with a portion in 3000L foudres, and then barrel aged for 8 – 10 months in a mix of new and older barrels. This continues the tradition of Burgundian elegance. Expect some ripeness, balance of oaking and fruit, integrated style in place.  Wood integration produces some creaminess in the finish. 13% ABV, cork closure. Definitely needs another year – or more – in bottle in order to bring out the nuances. Quality/Price rating is 90 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.

 

 

 

3.Henry of Pelham Riesling Estate 2018 VQA Short Hills Bench, +557165 Vintages, $19.95 Vintages April: intense riesling in a Rhine style of cool fermentation, with very off-dry palate but dry finish (good acid levels on the finish) – broad grapefruit and lemons on the mid-palate, sip (mainly) or food. 10.5% ABV, 17g/L RS, twist top, from HOP's oldest Estate riesling vineyards (planted 1984). Should also age well. Try with fish that live in water but die in wine. Quality/Price rating is 91 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.

 

 

4.Chateau des Charmes Gamay Noir "Droit" 2017 St. David's Bench Vineyard VQA St. David's Bench, +582263 Vintages, $19.95: medium-full-bodied, suggestive of Beaujolais grand cru wines such as Morgon or Moulin a Vent in the Droit's capacity for aging. Dark cherry-berry flavours dominate, but there is added spicing and even some nuances of smokey earth and eucalyptus, although the wine is unoaked. Cork finish. Good with BBQ (soon, soon), cheese, or something substantial, but some tannic structure is present to carry through a whole meal. Chateau des Charmes is the only winery using this particular gamay clone. 13.7% ABV. Earlier vintages were gold medal winners in Canada. Quality/Price rating is 90 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.

 

 

5.Chateau des Charmes Pinot Noir 2018 Cuvee Michele Estate Grown &  Bottled VQA NOTL, +454967, $16.95 LCBO: A lovely young wine, with some forest floor (mushrooms, earth) to complement the red fruit (strawberries are hinted by the winemaker). Estate grown and bottled. Good written notes on the back label are spot on. Just under subtle oaking, with a moderate intensity of medium flavours. Ready to drink now. Cork closure, 12.1% ABV. Try with lamb burgers. Dedicated to the late Michele Bosc. Quality/Price rating is 90 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.

 

May we all have 2020 vision.
Chimo! www.deantudor.com
AND http://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
AND https://twitter.com/gothicepicures

Dean Tudor, Ryerson University Journalism Professor Emeritus
Treasurer, Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://winewriterscircle.ca
Look it up and you'll remember it; screw it up and you'll never forget it.

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 MARCH 21, 2020

RE-SENT...

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  under/over $20 MARCH 21, 2020

 

By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing deantudor@deantudor.com. My "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of news items and RSS feeds, plus references to wines, beers and spirits, has been at http://www.deantudor.com since 1994.

 

These notes for good wines available through  LCBO Vintages (on a bi-weekly basis)  can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca  or at  http://www.deantudor.com No winery can buy their way into – or out of – this publication.

 

Scores are a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Southern Rhone would taste like a Southern Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace above or below its price).

 

NOTE: The first portion  is based on my sampling of the table wines chosen by the LCBO from this release for tasting. That presentation is about 50+  different labels out of about 125 released every two weeks. These wines are basically those that fit the categories of  any of the Featured Themes, Wines of the Month, Local Talent, and "new" -- wines that the LCBO has ordered in sufficient quantities for the Ontario marketplace. Not put out for us are the re-orders (even though they may be of a different vintage) , ISDs, or the expensive wines.  Thus, my report comes from a restricted database. I did not taste every one of these 50+ category wines, nor did I rate several of the wines I did sample because they did not seem to be of particularly good value in terms of their price.

 

NOTE: The second part (at the end) is a simple listing of  those wines that were NOT presented to the media, and are given here simply as a record of  what sampling I could not do. I have left in the name of the agency, in fairness to all.

 

PART ONE:  The "best" wines of a reduced tasting  --

 

Under $20

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W+147975    GÉRARD BERTRAND RÉSERVE SPÉCIALE VIOGNIER    IGP Pays d'Oc    2018    $14.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+471284    CURVOS LOUREIRO DOC Vinho Verde    2019    $12.95     12 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+11236    ADAMO FOXCROFT RIESLING    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2017    $19.95  10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+536219 MOHUA SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2018 $19.95  MVC/QPR:  89

W+10632    LACHETEAU HAUT POITOU SAUVIGNON BLANC    AP    2018    $15.95     12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

W+14186    MEGA SPILEO CUVÉE III WHITE    PGI Achaia    2018    $17.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+46268    TERRA NOBLE GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Colchagua Valley    2016    $18.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+12993    DOMAINE DE LA BAUME LES THERMES CABERNET SAUVIGNON    IGP Vin de Pays d'Oc    2017    $15.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+200030    DOMAINE AUTRAND CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES    AC    2017    $15.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+12987    XAVIER VIEILLES VIGNES CÔTES DU RHÔNE    AC    2016    $19.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+11151    GUARDA RIOS SIGNATURE RED    Vinho Regional Alentejano    2017    $14.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+13624    EL VIVERO DE USALDÓN COLECCIÓN ORIGEN GARNACHA Finca Casa Balaguer, DO Alicante 2018    $15.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+403683    GÉRARD BERTRAND FITOU GRENACHE/CARIGNAN    AP 2018 $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

 

Over $20

=========

W+ 360297    JACKSON-TRIGGS GRAND RESERVE WHITE MERITAGE    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2018    $25.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+10955    MONTEMAJOR GRECO DI TUFO    DOCG    2018    $23.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+10871    Z. ALEXANDER BROWN UNCAGED CHARDONNAY    Santa Lucia Highlands    2017    $21.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+10722    RUHLMANN COTEAU DU BLETTIG VIEILLES VIGNES RIESLING    AC Alsace    2016    $21.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+112227    CHEVALLIER CHABLIS    AP    2018    $25.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+10626    GUY SAGET SANCERRE    AC    2018    $29.95     MVC/QPR:  89

R+85183    BALBÁS RESERVA    DO Ribera del Duero    2006    $23.95     15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+11670    GORGHI TONDI COSTE A PREOLA GRILLO    DOC Sicilia    2018    $15.95    11% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+11961    FOGOLAR PICONE VINEYARD CABERNET FRANC    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Peninsula    2015    $43.95 13.6% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+12688    ERASMUS SHIRAZ    WO Swartland    2017    $32.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+585737    BURROWING OWL MERLOT    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2016    $39.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+626325    OSOYOOS LAROSE LE GRAND VIN    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2016    $52.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+550327    CHÂTEAU LE TEMPLE    AC Médoc    2015    $26.95    RARE EARTH WINES 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+11831    CHÂTEAU VIEUX CHAIGNEAU    AC Lalande-de-Pomerol    2015    $34.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+12288    LES DEMOISELLES TATIN LA COMMANDERIE    Certified sustainable, AC Reuilly    2017    $21.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+12125    MUSTILLI CESCO DI NECE AGLIANICO    DOC Sannio Sant'Agata dei Goti    2015    $25.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+13744    REGIA MAESTÀ PRIMITIVO DI MANDURIA    DOC    2016    $28.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  88

R+12093    MARCHESI MAZZEI BELGUARDO TIRRENICO    DOC Maremma Toscana Rosso    2016    $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+930966    ROCCA DELLE MACÌE FAMIGLIA ZINGARELLI RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2016    $24.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+14146    TRECCIANO I CAMPACCI    IGT Rosso Toscana    2016    $29.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+13627    VALDELACIERVA RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2014    $24.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

 

 

PART TWO: The "rest" of the release [not offered for sampling by media] with agency name  --

 

 

469478    THIRTY BENCH SPARKLING RIESLING    Steel Post dosage, Traditional method, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario        $38.95    ANDREW PELLER LIMITED   

483008    CHARME D'ALIENOR CRÉMANT DE BORDEAUX    Traditional method, AC, Bordeaux, France        $17.95    CONNEXION OENOPHILIA   

168559    CONDE DE HARO BRUT CAVA    Traditional method, DO, Spain    2016    $19.95    VINEXX   

515221    STARS BRUT NATURE RESERVA CAVA    Traditional method, DO, Spain    2016    $16.95    HANNA NEAL WINE MERCHANTS INC   

546812    CASA-DEA RESERVE CHARDONNAY    VQA Prince Edward County    2016    $26.95    STELLAR WINE & SPIRITS INC.   

707224    CAKEBREAD CELLARS SAUVIGNON BLANC    Napa Valley    2018    $49.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

171272    J. LOHR ARROYO VISTA CHARDONNAY    Arroyo Seco, Monterey County    2017    $35.95    BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.   

311563    CANNONBALL CHARDONNAY    California    2017    $19.95    ROGERS & COMPANY   

32060    MONTES LIMITED SELECTION SAUVIGNON BLANC    DO Leyda Valley    2018    $14.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

711556    WAKEFIELD CLARE VALLEY ESTATE CHARDONNAY    Clare Valley, South Australia    2018    $16.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

677450    DOG POINT SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2018    $27.95    TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.   

328559    CATHEDRAL CELLAR CHARDONNAY    WO Western Cape    2016    $17.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.   

41780    SIMONNET-FEBVRE CHABLIS    AC    2018    $32.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS   

249466    KELLEREI BOZEN PINOT GRIGIO    DOC Südtirol - Alto Adige    2018    $19.95    NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC   

73205    COTNARI GRASA DE COTNARI    DOC Cotnari    2017    $13.95    CARTO ENTERPRISE   

488973    ALBA VEGA ALBARIÑO    DO Rias Baixas    2018    $15.95    VINOLUNA   

646521    CREEKSIDE GAMAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2017    $19.00    HOBBS & COMPANY   

686584    J. LOHR HILLTOP CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Paso Robles    2017    $49.95    BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.   

38059    RAYMOND RESERVE MERLOT    Napa Valley    2015    $38.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

951889    IRONSTONE OLD VINE ZINFANDEL    Lodi    2017    $17.95    LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS   

652883    BELLE GLOS CLARK & TELEPHONE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR    Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara County    2018    $59.95    ANDREW PELLER IMPORT AGENCY   

936039    SILVER OAK NAPA VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Napa Valley    2014    $207.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES   

421198    UNDERWOOD PINOT NOIR    Oregon    2018    $22.95    ROGERS & COMPANY   

209874    COLUMBIA CREST H3 MERLOT    Horse Heaven Hills, Columbia Valley    2016    $19.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.   

114066    L.A. CETTO CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Guadalupe Valley, Baja California    2017    $12.95    JOSEPH CIPELLI WINES & SPIRITS   

183905    ZOLO MALBEC    Mendoza    2017    $16.95    DB WINE & SPIRITS INC.   

144014    CUVELIER LOS ANDES COLECCIÓN    Uco Valley, Mendoza    2014    $32.95    MARCHANDS DES AMERIQUES INC   

63891    EMILIANA COYAM    Los Robles Estate, Colchagua Valley    2016    $29.95    PMA CANADA LTD.   

143230    MONTES ALPHA CARMENÈRE    Estate bottled, DO Colchagua Valley    2017    $19.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

84996    WYNNS COONAWARRA ESTATE BLACK LABEL CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Coonawarra, South Australia    2014    $44.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS   

48470    TEUSNER THE RIEBKE SHIRAZ    Barossa Valley, South Australia    2017    $23.95    ALTO VINO   

280883    YALUMBA ORGANIC SHIRAZ    South Australia    2018    $17.95    BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE CANADA INC.   

675223    KILIKANOON KILLERMAN'S RUN CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Clare Valley, South Australia    2017    $19.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

178897    INNOCENT BYSTANDER PINOT NOIR    Yarra Valley, Victoria    2018    $22.95    VON TERRA ENTERPRISES LTD.   

489658    ROBERT OATLEY SIGNATURE SERIES GSM    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2018    $19.95    EPIC WINES AND SPIRITS INC.   

130278    PIRATHON BY KALLESKE SHIRAZ    Barossa Valley, South Australia    2013    $29.95    ALTO VINO   

590414    OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR    Marlborough, South Island    2018    $20.95    DELEGAT CANADA LIMITED   

68767    NEDERBURG THE MANOR HOUSE CABERNET SAUVIGNON    WO Western Cape    2016    $16.95    PMA CANADA LTD.   

455667    CHÂTEAU LA FLEUR POURRET    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru    2012    $46.95    TASTEVIN SELECTIONS   

343517    TESSELLAE OLD VINES GRENACHE/SYRAH/MOURVÈDRE    AP Côtes du Roussillon    2017    $19.95    GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS   

473678    DOMAINE DE PIGNAN CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE    AC    2016    $42.95    TERROIR WINE IMPORTS   

295618    CAVINO NEMEA GRANDE RESERVE    PDO Nemea    2012    $18.95    VINETER   

225086    UMBERTO CESARI LIANO SANGIOVESE/CABERNET SAUVIGNON    IGT Rubicone    2016    $27.95    UNIVINS AND SPIRITS CANADA INC.   

366955    MASSERIA ALTEMURA SASSEO PRIMITIVO    IGT Salento    2017    $16.95    IMPRESE INC.   

411389    SAN FABIANO CALCINAIA CELLOLE GRAN SELEZIONE CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $42.95    WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS   

650754    CASTELLO DI QUERCETO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $28.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

515460    TENUTA DI BURCHINO IL BURCHINO    IGT Toscana    2015    $24.95    RUBAIYAT WINE AND SPIRIT MERCH.   

342394    VILLA MORA MONTEFALCO SAGRANTINO    DOCG    2010    $26.95    DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.   

976092    MASI BROLO CAMPOFIORIN ORO    IGT Rosso Verona    2015    $26.95    AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS   

960427    CONDE DE VALDEMAR GRAN RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2010    $29.95    WINE GURU SELECTION INC   

438713    VALDELACIERVA CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    2015    $16.95    VINOLUNA   

540070    EL PEDROSAL CRIANZA    DO Ribera del Duero    2014    $17.95    TRADESA CORP.   

361758    UNION FORTÉ    VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario    2012    $17.95    VON TERRA ENTERPRISES LTD.   

203703    THIRTY BENCH SMALL LOT CHARDONNAY    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2018    $34.95    ANDREW PELLER LIMITED   

11926    SOUTHBROOK SAUNDER'S VINEYARD ORGANIC CHARDONNAY    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2017    $34.95    VINEXX   

12117    GUSTAVE LORENTZ ÉVIDENCE GEWURZTRAMINER    AC Alsace    2017    $27.95    AMETHYST WINE AGENCY INC.   

12203    CHÂTEAU DERESZLA 5 PUTTONYOS TOKAJI ASZÚ    Tokaj-Hegyalja    2013    $48.95    ANGYAL AGENCY   

15519    TERLATO PINOT GRIGIO    DOC Colli Oriental del Friuli    2017    $29.95    GLAZER'S OF CANADA   

11959    LOS HELECHOS CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Uco Valley, Mendoza    2014    $24.95    UNIQUE WINES & SPIRITS   

545798    BOUCHARD PÈRE & FILS SAVIGNY-LÈS-BEAUNE    AC    2017    $39.95    WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS   

78857    LA FERME DU MONT CÔTES CAPELAN CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE    Unfiltered, AP    2016    $97.95    EUROVINTAGE INTERNATIONAL INC   

541383    TENUTA SAN LEONARDO TERRE DI SAN LEONARDO    IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti    2015    $22.95    WINEWORLD IMPORTERS & EXPORTERS LTD   

928721    PRUNOTTO BAROLO    DOCG    2015    $45.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES   

 

Chimo! www.deantudor.com

 

 

The February 20, 2020 Event: Corby's Wine and Spirit Soiree

The Date and Time: Thursday February 20, 2020  4PM to 9 PM

The Event: Corby's Wine and Spirit Soiree

The Venue: The Richmond, 477 Richmond St West

The Target Audience: from 4 to 6 it was the media and sommeliers in a trade show setting, followed by the regular clients of Corby's at 6.

The Availability/Catalogue: everything was available from the winery or the LCBO.

The Quote/Background: There were three wines from California, ten plus from The Foreign Affair Winery, four gins, seven Canadian whisky, three Irish whiskey, and four Scotch (including two 12-year old single malt).

The Wines: I only tasted the wines.

 

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-The Foreign Affair Winery Conspiracy Bianco 2018 $17.95 Winery

-The Foreign Affair Winery Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2018 $26.95 Winery

-The Foreign Affair Winery Dream 2017 +364380 $29.95 [Bord. blend]

-The Foreign Affair Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $39.95 Winery

-The Foreign Affair Winery Temptress 2016 $44.95 [Bord. blend] Winery

-The Foreign Affair Winery Whisky Barrel Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 $64.95 Winery

 

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-7 Deadly Zins Old Vine Zinfandel Lodi Old Vine 2017 +59311  $24.95

-The Foreign Affair Winery Viognier 2018 +11948 in June $23.95

-The Foreign Affair Winery Conspiracy Rouge 2017 +149237 $21.95 [Bord. blend]

-The Foreign Affair Winery Apologetic Red 2016 +471516 $69.95 [CabFranc appassimento]

-The Foreign Affair Winery Cabernet Franc 2015 $95.95 [CabFranc full appassimento]

-The Foreign Affair Winery Gran Q 2012 $132.95 [Bord. Blend full appassimento]

-The Foreign Affair Winery Marisa 2016 $45.95 [recioto Riesling] 375mL]

 

*** GOOD -- Three Stars (85 – 87 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Imagery Estate Chardonnay 2018 California $21.95 LCBO in August

-Imagery Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 California $23.95 LCBO in May

-The Foreign Affair Winery Embrace 2017 +538041 $16.95 [Burg. blend]

 

The Food: a cheese and charcuterie platter with breads and fruits.

The Downside: I had just raced over from a Chinese wine tasting.

The Upside: a chance to catch up with The Foreign Affair Winery offerings

The Contact Person: ed@foreignaffairwine.com

The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 88

 

Chimo! www.deantudor.com

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 MARCH 21, 2020

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  under/over $20 MARCH 21, 2020

 

By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing deantudor@deantudor.com. My "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of news items and RSS feeds, plus references to wines, beers and spirits, has been at http://www.deantudor.com since 1994.

 

These notes for good wines available through  LCBO Vintages (on a bi-weekly basis)  can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca  or at  http://www.deantudor.com No winery can buy their way into – or out of – this publication.

 

Scores are a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Southern Rhone would taste like a Southern Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace above or below its price).

 

NOTE: The first portion  is based on my sampling of the table wines chosen by the LCBO from this release for tasting. That presentation is about 50+  different labels out of about 125 released every two weeks. These wines are basically those that fit the categories of  any of the Featured Themes, Wines of the Month, Local Talent, and "new" -- wines that the LCBO has ordered in sufficient quantities for the Ontario marketplace. Not put out for us are the re-orders (even though they may be of a different vintage) , ISDs, or the expensive wines.  Thus, my report comes from a restricted database. I did not taste every one of these 50+ category wines, nor did I rate several of the wines I did sample because they did not seem to be of particularly good value in terms of their price.

 

NOTE: The second part (at the end) is a simple listing of  those wines that were NOT presented to the media, and are given here simply as a record of  what sampling I could not do. I have left in the name of the agency, in fairness to all.

 

PART ONE:  The "best" wines of a reduced tasting  --

 

Under $20

=========

W+147975    GÉRARD BERTRAND RÉSERVE SPÉCIALE VIOGNIER    IGP Pays d'Oc    2018    $14.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+471284    CURVOS LOUREIRO DOC Vinho Verde    2019    $12.95     12 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+11236    ADAMO FOXCROFT RIESLING    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2017    $19.95  10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+536219 MOHUA SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2018 $19.95  MVC/QPR:  89

W+10632    LACHETEAU HAUT POITOU SAUVIGNON BLANC    AP    2018    $15.95     12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

W+14186    MEGA SPILEO CUVÉE III WHITE    PGI Achaia    2018    $17.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+46268    TERRA NOBLE GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Colchagua Valley    2016    $18.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+12993    DOMAINE DE LA BAUME LES THERMES CABERNET SAUVIGNON    IGP Vin de Pays d'Oc    2017    $15.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+200030    DOMAINE AUTRAND CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES    AC    2017    $15.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+12987    XAVIER VIEILLES VIGNES CÔTES DU RHÔNE    AC    2016    $19.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+11151    GUARDA RIOS SIGNATURE RED    Vinho Regional Alentejano    2017    $14.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+13624    EL VIVERO DE USALDÓN COLECCIÓN ORIGEN GARNACHA Finca Casa Balaguer, DO Alicante 2018    $15.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+403683    GÉRARD BERTRAND FITOU GRENACHE/CARIGNAN    AP 2018 $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

 

Over $20

=========

W+ 360297    JACKSON-TRIGGS GRAND RESERVE WHITE MERITAGE    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2018    $25.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+10955    MONTEMAJOR GRECO DI TUFO    DOCG    2018    $23.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+10871    Z. ALEXANDER BROWN UNCAGED CHARDONNAY    Santa Lucia Highlands    2017    $21.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+10722    RUHLMANN COTEAU DU BLETTIG VIEILLES VIGNES RIESLING    AC Alsace    2016    $21.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+112227    CHEVALLIER CHABLIS    AP    2018    $25.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+10626    GUY SAGET SANCERRE    AC    2018    $29.95     MVC/QPR:  89

R+85183    BALBÁS RESERVA    DO Ribera del Duero    2006    $23.95     15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+11670    GORGHI TONDI COSTE A PREOLA GRILLO    DOC Sicilia    2018    $15.95    11% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+11961    FOGOLAR PICONE VINEYARD CABERNET FRANC    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Peninsula    2015    $43.95 13.6% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+12688    ERASMUS SHIRAZ    WO Swartland    2017    $32.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+585737    BURROWING OWL MERLOT    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2016    $39.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+626325    OSOYOOS LAROSE LE GRAND VIN    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2016    $52.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+550327    CHÂTEAU LE TEMPLE    AC Médoc    2015    $26.95    RARE EARTH WINES 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+11831    CHÂTEAU VIEUX CHAIGNEAU    AC Lalande-de-Pomerol    2015    $34.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+12288    LES DEMOISELLES TATIN LA COMMANDERIE    Certified sustainable, AC Reuilly    2017    $21.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+12125    MUSTILLI CESCO DI NECE AGLIANICO    DOC Sannio Sant'Agata dei Goti    2015    $25.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+13744    REGIA MAESTÀ PRIMITIVO DI MANDURIA    DOC    2016    $28.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  88

R+12093    MARCHESI MAZZEI BELGUARDO TIRRENICO    DOC Maremma Toscana Rosso    2016    $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+930966    ROCCA DELLE MACÌE FAMIGLIA ZINGARELLI RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2016    $24.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+14146    TRECCIANO I CAMPACCI    IGT Rosso Toscana    2016    $29.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+13627    VALDELACIERVA RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2014    $24.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

 

 

PART TWO: The "rest" of the release [not offered for sampling by media] with agency name  --

 

 

469478    THIRTY BENCH SPARKLING RIESLING    Steel Post dosage, Traditional method, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario        $38.95    ANDREW PELLER LIMITED   

483008    CHARME D'ALIENOR CRÉMANT DE BORDEAUX    Traditional method, AC, Bordeaux, France        $17.95    CONNEXION OENOPHILIA   

168559    CONDE DE HARO BRUT CAVA    Traditional method, DO, Spain    2016    $19.95    VINEXX   

515221    STARS BRUT NATURE RESERVA CAVA    Traditional method, DO, Spain    2016    $16.95    HANNA NEAL WINE MERCHANTS INC   

546812    CASA-DEA RESERVE CHARDONNAY    VQA Prince Edward County    2016    $26.95    STELLAR WINE & SPIRITS INC.   

707224    CAKEBREAD CELLARS SAUVIGNON BLANC    Napa Valley    2018    $49.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

171272    J. LOHR ARROYO VISTA CHARDONNAY    Arroyo Seco, Monterey County    2017    $35.95    BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.   

311563    CANNONBALL CHARDONNAY    California    2017    $19.95    ROGERS & COMPANY   

32060    MONTES LIMITED SELECTION SAUVIGNON BLANC    DO Leyda Valley    2018    $14.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

711556    WAKEFIELD CLARE VALLEY ESTATE CHARDONNAY    Clare Valley, South Australia    2018    $16.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

677450    DOG POINT SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2018    $27.95    TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.   

328559    CATHEDRAL CELLAR CHARDONNAY    WO Western Cape    2016    $17.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.   

41780    SIMONNET-FEBVRE CHABLIS    AC    2018    $32.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS   

249466    KELLEREI BOZEN PINOT GRIGIO    DOC Südtirol - Alto Adige    2018    $19.95    NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC   

73205    COTNARI GRASA DE COTNARI    DOC Cotnari    2017    $13.95    CARTO ENTERPRISE   

488973    ALBA VEGA ALBARIÑO    DO Rias Baixas    2018    $15.95    VINOLUNA   

646521    CREEKSIDE GAMAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2017    $19.00    HOBBS & COMPANY   

686584    J. LOHR HILLTOP CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Paso Robles    2017    $49.95    BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.   

38059    RAYMOND RESERVE MERLOT    Napa Valley    2015    $38.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

951889    IRONSTONE OLD VINE ZINFANDEL    Lodi    2017    $17.95    LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS   

652883    BELLE GLOS CLARK & TELEPHONE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR    Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara County    2018    $59.95    ANDREW PELLER IMPORT AGENCY   

936039    SILVER OAK NAPA VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Napa Valley    2014    $207.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES   

421198    UNDERWOOD PINOT NOIR    Oregon    2018    $22.95    ROGERS & COMPANY   

209874    COLUMBIA CREST H3 MERLOT    Horse Heaven Hills, Columbia Valley    2016    $19.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.   

114066    L.A. CETTO CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Guadalupe Valley, Baja California    2017    $12.95    JOSEPH CIPELLI WINES & SPIRITS   

183905    ZOLO MALBEC    Mendoza    2017    $16.95    DB WINE & SPIRITS INC.   

144014    CUVELIER LOS ANDES COLECCIÓN    Uco Valley, Mendoza    2014    $32.95    MARCHANDS DES AMERIQUES INC   

63891    EMILIANA COYAM    Los Robles Estate, Colchagua Valley    2016    $29.95    PMA CANADA LTD.   

143230    MONTES ALPHA CARMENÈRE    Estate bottled, DO Colchagua Valley    2017    $19.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

84996    WYNNS COONAWARRA ESTATE BLACK LABEL CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Coonawarra, South Australia    2014    $44.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS   

48470    TEUSNER THE RIEBKE SHIRAZ    Barossa Valley, South Australia    2017    $23.95    ALTO VINO   

280883    YALUMBA ORGANIC SHIRAZ    South Australia    2018    $17.95    BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE CANADA INC.   

675223    KILIKANOON KILLERMAN'S RUN CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Clare Valley, South Australia    2017    $19.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

178897    INNOCENT BYSTANDER PINOT NOIR    Yarra Valley, Victoria    2018    $22.95    VON TERRA ENTERPRISES LTD.   

489658    ROBERT OATLEY SIGNATURE SERIES GSM    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2018    $19.95    EPIC WINES AND SPIRITS INC.   

130278    PIRATHON BY KALLESKE SHIRAZ    Barossa Valley, South Australia    2013    $29.95    ALTO VINO   

590414    OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR    Marlborough, South Island    2018    $20.95    DELEGAT CANADA LIMITED   

68767    NEDERBURG THE MANOR HOUSE CABERNET SAUVIGNON    WO Western Cape    2016    $16.95    PMA CANADA LTD.   

455667    CHÂTEAU LA FLEUR POURRET    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru    2012    $46.95    TASTEVIN SELECTIONS   

343517    TESSELLAE OLD VINES GRENACHE/SYRAH/MOURVÈDRE    AP Côtes du Roussillon    2017    $19.95    GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS   

473678    DOMAINE DE PIGNAN CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE    AC    2016    $42.95    TERROIR WINE IMPORTS   

295618    CAVINO NEMEA GRANDE RESERVE    PDO Nemea    2012    $18.95    VINETER   

225086    UMBERTO CESARI LIANO SANGIOVESE/CABERNET SAUVIGNON    IGT Rubicone    2016    $27.95    UNIVINS AND SPIRITS CANADA INC.   

366955    MASSERIA ALTEMURA SASSEO PRIMITIVO    IGT Salento    2017    $16.95    IMPRESE INC.   

411389    SAN FABIANO CALCINAIA CELLOLE GRAN SELEZIONE CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $42.95    WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS   

650754    CASTELLO DI QUERCETO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $28.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

515460    TENUTA DI BURCHINO IL BURCHINO    IGT Toscana    2015    $24.95    RUBAIYAT WINE AND SPIRIT MERCH.   

342394    VILLA MORA MONTEFALCO SAGRANTINO    DOCG    2010    $26.95    DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.   

976092    MASI BROLO CAMPOFIORIN ORO    IGT Rosso Verona    2015    $26.95    AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS   

960427    CONDE DE VALDEMAR GRAN RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2010    $29.95    WINE GURU SELECTION INC   

438713    VALDELACIERVA CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    2015    $16.95    VINOLUNA   

540070    EL PEDROSAL CRIANZA    DO Ribera del Duero    2014    $17.95    TRADESA CORP.   

361758    UNION FORTÉ    VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario    2012    $17.95    VON TERRA ENTERPRISES LTD.   

203703    THIRTY BENCH SMALL LOT CHARDONNAY    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2018    $34.95    ANDREW PELLER LIMITED   

11926    SOUTHBROOK SAUNDER'S VINEYARD ORGANIC CHARDONNAY    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2017    $34.95    VINEXX   

12117    GUSTAVE LORENTZ ÉVIDENCE GEWURZTRAMINER    AC Alsace    2017    $27.95    AMETHYST WINE AGENCY INC.   

12203    CHÂTEAU DERESZLA 5 PUTTONYOS TOKAJI ASZÚ    Tokaj-Hegyalja    2013    $48.95    ANGYAL AGENCY   

15519    TERLATO PINOT GRIGIO    DOC Colli Oriental del Friuli    2017    $29.95    GLAZER'S OF CANADA   

11959    LOS HELECHOS CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Uco Valley, Mendoza    2014    $24.95    UNIQUE WINES & SPIRITS   

545798    BOUCHARD PÈRE & FILS SAVIGNY-LÈS-BEAUNE    AC    2017    $39.95    WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS   

78857    LA FERME DU MONT CÔTES CAPELAN CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE    Unfiltered, AP    2016    $97.95    EUROVINTAGE INTERNATIONAL INC   

541383    TENUTA SAN LEONARDO TERRE DI SAN LEONARDO    IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti    2015    $22.95    WINEWORLD IMPORTERS & EXPORTERS LTD   

928721    PRUNOTTO BAROLO    DOCG    2015    $45.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES   

 

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WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for MARCH 7, 2020

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  under/over $20 for MARCH 7, 2020

 

By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing deantudor@deantudor.com. My "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of news items and RSS feeds, plus references to wines, beers and spirits, has been at http://www.deantudor.com since 1994.

 

These notes for good wines available through  LCBO Vintages (on a bi-weekly basis)  can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca  or at  http://www.deantudor.com No winery can buy their way into – or out of – this publication.

 

Scores are a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Southern Rhone would taste like a Southern Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace above or below its price).

 

NOTE: The first portion  is based on my sampling of the table wines chosen by the LCBO from this release for tasting. That presentation is about 50+  different labels out of about 125 released every two weeks. These wines are basically those that fit the categories of  any of the Featured Themes, Wines of the Month, Local Talent, and "new" -- wines that the LCBO has ordered in sufficient quantities for the Ontario marketplace. Not put out for us are the re-orders (even though they may be of a different vintage) , ISDs, or the expensive wines.  Thus, my report comes from a restricted database. I did not taste every one of these 50+ category wines, nor did I rate several of the wines I did sample because they did not seem to be of particularly good value in terms of their price.

 

NOTE: The second part (at the end) is a simple listing of  those wines that were NOT presented to the media, and are given here simply as a record of  what sampling I could not do. I have left in the name of the agency, in fairness to all.

 

PART ONE:  The "best" wines of a reduced tasting  --

 

THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FIND --

W+728352    LA CREMA SONOMA COAST CHARDONNAY    Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County    2017    $16.95 for 375mL (half-bottle)

 

Under $20

=========

W+246579    CAVE SPRING ESTATE CHARDONNAY MUSQUÉ    Cave Spring Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    $17.95            13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+673806    SIMI CHARDONNAY    Sonoma County    2018    $19.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+10965    ABRAS TORRONTÉS    Cafayate Valley, Salta    2017    $15.95    15.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+12116    KUENTZ BAS L'ALSACE MOSAIK    AC Alsace    2016    $16.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+12026    CHARLES MONTSERAT BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ    AC    2018    $16.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+12735    MASSO ANTICO FIANO DEL SALENTO    IGT    2018    $16.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+12714    PENINSULA RIDGE ESTATES FALCON'S NEST PINOT NOIR    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2017    $19.95     12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+13186    SEBASTIANI CABERNET SAUVIGNON    California    2017    $16.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+13430    MARCHIGUE QUILINA GRAN RESERVA CARMENÈRE    Estate bottled, Colchagua Valley    2018    $14.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+12629    BLACK COTTAGE PINOT NOIR    Certified sustainable, Marlborough, South Island    2018    $19.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+11901    CAVE DES VIGNERONS DE BUXY BUISSONNIER BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR    AC    2017    $19.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+13629    BOLLINA ZENAS PRIMITIVO    IGT Puglia    2018    $17.00     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+13453    CASTELLO DI GABBIANO CAVALIERE D'ORO    IGT Toscana    2016    $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+13620    SANTA MARGHERITA LISON PRAMAGGIORE CABERNET SAUVIGNON     DOC    2018    $19.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+12712    CAMPELO TERRAS DE VIRIATO RESERVA    DO Dão    2014    $14.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+11150    QUINTA DAS CARVALHAS RED BLEND    DOC Douro    2015    $13.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+13621    GORU GOLD MONASTRELL/CABERNET SAUVIGNON/SYRAH    DOP Jumilla    2017    $16.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

 

Over $20

=========

W+172338    SOUTHBROOK TRIOMPHE ORGANIC CHARDONNAY    Vegan, VQA Niagara Peninsula    $24.95             13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+11900    LA CHABLISIENNE VAILLONS CHABLIS 1ER CRU    AC    2016    $27.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

R+13818    MASTRONARDI ESTATE MERLOT    VQA Lake Erie North Shore    2016    $24.95 13.6% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+456723    RODNEY STRONG KNIGHTS VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Knights Valley, Sonoma County    2016    $39.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+435099    STONESTREET CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Alexander Valley, Sonoma County    2016    $59.95 14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+12090    CHÂTEAU SIMARD    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru      2015    $49.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+11328    TERRASSON CUVÉE PREVENCHE    AC Côtes de Bordeaux - Castillon    2016    $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+967208    DI MAJO NORANTE CONTADO RISERVA AGLIANICO DEL MOLISE    DOC    2014    $24.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+12295    RIOJA BORDÓN GRAN RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    1999    $39.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

 

PART TWO: The "rest" of the release [not offered for sampling by media] with agency name  --

 

664680    TARLANT BRUT ROSÉ CHAMPAGNE    Disgorged Feb. 2, 2017, AC, France        $53.95    B AND W WINES   

168948    CAVE DE BEBLENHEIM BRUT ROSÉ CRÉMANT D'ALSACE    Traditional method, AC, Alsace, France        $19.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

48801    LOUIS BOUILLOT PERLE D'IVOIRE BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS CRÉMANT DE BOURGOGNE    Traditional method, AC, Burgundy, France        $19.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

483016    FIORINI CORTE DEGLI ATTIMI LAMBRUSCO DI SORBARA    DOC, Emilia-Romagna, Italy    2018    $20.95    TRADESA CORP.   

548214    RECHSTEINER BRUT PROSECCO    Charmat method, DOC, Italy    2018    $12.95    WINE CELLARS INTERNATIONAL LTD.   

356873    FLAT ROCK GOOD KHARMA CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2018    $16.95    FLAT ROCK CELLARS   

392126    KEW OLD VINE RIESLING    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2015    $15.95    KEW VINEYARDS ESTATE WINERY LTD   

644583    STRATUS TOLLGATE CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake    2018    $24.95    STRATUS VINEYARDS   

609347    BURROWING OWL SAUVIGNON BLANC    Estate bottled, BC VQA Similkameen Valley    2018    $34.95    WYSE WINE AGENCY   

13429    SIEGEL SPECIAL RESERVE VIOGNIER    DO Colchagua Valley    2018    $17.95    SYLVESTRE WINES & SPIRITS INC.   

47621    SKUTTLEBUTT SAUVIGNON BLANC/SEMILLON    Margaret River, Western Australia    2018    $18.95    H.H.D. IMPORTS   

411603    TWR SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2018    $24.95    GARAGE WINE COMPANY   

18705    STRANDVELD FIRST SIGHTING SAUVIGNON BLANC    WO Cape South Coast    2019    $14.95    WINE GURU SELECTION INC   

377457    RABL LANGENLOIS GRÜNER VELTLINER    Certified sustainable, DAC Kamptal    2018    $16.95    THOMPSON VINTAGE TRADE LTD   

168906    ANDRÉ BLANCK & FILS ALTENBOURG GEWURZTRAMINER    AC Alsace    2018    $21.95    B.B. MARKETING   

387787    CHÂTEAU LES HAUTS DE LAGARDE BLANC    AC Bordeaux    2018    $16.95    RARE EARTH WINES   

370098    PAUL MAS SINGLE VINEYARD COLLECTION RESERVE VIOGNIER    Nicole Vineyard, IGP Pays d'Oc    2018    $13.95    AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS   

117093    JERMANN PINOT GRIGIO    DOC Friuli    2018    $37.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES   

12728    RIOLITE CASTEL DEL LAGO SOAVE    DOC    2018    $15.95    FRONTIER WINE MERCHANTS   

543785    HACIENDA LOPEZ DE HARO BLANCO    DOCa Rioja    2018    $14.95    WINEONLINE MARKETING COMPANY LTD   

346742    CHÂTEAU DES CHARMES ST. DAVID'S BENCH VINEYARD GAMAY NOIR DROIT    VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake    2017    $19.95    CHATEAU DES CHARMES   

159970    CLOUDLINE PINOT NOIR    Willamette Valley    2018    $26.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.   

402081    BURIED CANE CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Columbia Valley    2017    $19.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

568907    EL ESTECO CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Calchaquí Valley    2016    $21.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.   

50849    KAIKEN ULTRA LAS ROCAS MALBEC    Mendoza    2017    $19.95    TRAJECTORY BEVERAGE PARTNERS   

275164    DURIGUTTI BONARDA    Mendoza    2017    $18.95    LOYAL IMPORTS   

213538    TABALÍ VETAS BLANCAS SYRAH    Viñedo Espinal, DO Limarí Valley    2016    $19.95    ALEGRIA FOOD AND DRINK INC.   

541151    ERRÁZURIZ ACONCAGUA COSTA PINOT NOIR    DO Aconcagua Costa    2017    $24.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.   

453209    ROCKCLIFFE THIRD REEF SHIRAZ    Great Southern, Western Australia    2017    $19.95    JOHN GIBSON AGENCIES   

142398    WAKEFIELD JARAMAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Coonawarra & Clare Valley, South Australia    2016    $24.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.   

327395    DOMAINE TOURNON MATHILDA CHAPOUTIER SHIRAZ    Victoria    2017    $18.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.   

186114    JIP JIP ROCKS SHIRAZ/CABERNET    Padthaway, South Australia    2017    $16.95    BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.   

921239    WITS END LUNA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2017    $17.95    AZUREAU WINE AGENCY   

296681    GUARDIAN PEAK SMG    WO Western Cape    2016    $19.95    THOMPSON VINTAGE TRADE LTD   

967844    CHÂTEAU BEAU-SITE    AC Saint-Estèphe    2014    $44.95    NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.   

556480    DOMAINE DES ROSIERS MOULIN-À-VENT    AP    2017    $21.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.   

298620    VILLA SYMPOSIA L'EQUILIBRE    AP Languedoc    2016    $17.95    NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC   

286484    CHÂTEAU D'ANGLÈS CLASSIQUE LA CLAPE SYRAH/GRENACHE/MOURVÈDRE    AC    2017    $17.95    JOHN HANNA & SONS LIMITED   

526731    PAUL JABOULET AÎNÉ PLAN DE DIEU CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES    AC    2017    $23.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES   

222596    LOUIS BERNARD GIGONDAS    AC    2016    $33.95    AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS   

12992    PIERRE-HENRI MOREL SIGNARGUES CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES    AC    2017    $19.95    ROUGE ET BLANC LTD   

297317    XAVIER VIGNON CÔTES DU RHÔNE    AP    2018    $17.95    NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.   

195107    SAINT-ROCH VIEILLES VIGNES SYRAH/GRENACHE    AP Côtes du Roussillon    2017    $16.95    GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS   

278150    NIRO MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO    DOC    2016    $16.95    AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS   

475269    CAMPOMORO BARBERA PIEMONTE    DOC    2018    $16.95    BRAND NEW DAY WINES & SPIRITS   

576785    PASQUALE PELISSERO CASCINA CROSA BARBARESCO    DOCG    2016    $32.95    WINEONLINE MARKETING COMPANY LTD   

539379    ELVIO COGNO CASCINA NUOVA BAROLO    DOCG    2015    $54.95    BRAND NEW DAY WINES & SPIRITS   

270306    MASSERIE PISARI PRIMITIVO    IGT Salento Rosso    2017    $13.95    LOGNOL FINE WINES & SPIRITS   

388645    ORESTIADI LUDOVICO    IGT Rosso Terre Siciliane    2012    $19.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

440792    FEUDI DEL PISCIOTTO VERSACE NERO D'AVOLA    IGT Terre Siciliane    2015    $29.95    DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.   

681262    BANFI ROSSO DI MONTALCINO    DOC    2018    $23.95    AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS   

716266    SAN FELICE IL GRIGIO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $29.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC   

368910    CARPINETO VINO RISERVA NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO    DOCG    2015    $34.95    UNIVINS AND SPIRITS CANADA INC.   

399907    SAN VINCENTI CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2017    $19.95    DB WINE & SPIRITS INC.   

483446    GAJA PIEVE SANTA RESTITUTA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO    DOP    2014    $100.95    STEM WINE GROUP   

29850    TENUTA SANT'ANTONIO MONTI GARBI RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA SUPERIORE    DOC    2017    $20.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS   

713669    SANTA SOFIA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $53.95    LIBERTY WINES INC.   

548560    ALICE VIEIRA DE SOUSA RESERVE RED    DOC Douro    2017    $16.95    LAMPRECHT INTERNATIONAL   

377481    HACIENDA LÓPEZ DE HARO CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    2016    $16.95    WINEONLINE MARKETING COMPANY LTD   

538983    CROFT RESERVE TAWNY PORT    DOP, Portugal        $18.95    SYLVESTRE WINES & SPIRITS INC.   

542852    GUERRA ROJO VERMOUTH    Spain        $15.95    AZUREAU WINE AGENCY   

73452    CROFT ORIGINAL FINE PALE CREAM SHERRY    DO, Spain        $15.95    WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS

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