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From David Lawrason: Notes from the New World

Without VINTAGES having a specific theme for the Sept 5 catalogue, we have decided to create our own themes for this release. I make some New World recommendations this week, while John will lead off with European wines next week. That sounded like a straightforward assignment until I came to actually search for my best buy values. While I found some excellent whites...

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From John Szabo MS: Euro Whites and Reds

This week we highlight our top picks from Europe (aka the “Old World”) in the September 5th release, dominated by classics from France and Italy. Last week David led off part one with a look at top New World releases (my reviews have since been added to the site, with remarkable alignment), and the trend of creeping “hidden” sweetness in red wines.

From Treve Ring: Two International Competitions, One Goal

This week’s trip east to judge at the World Wine Awards of Canada (WWAC) in Toronto reminds me of another trip east I took this past spring, skipping over Toronto by double and on to London, to judge at the International Wine Challenge (IWC).

Both competitions are based on the same basic guidelines: bring experienced tasters together for a multi-day blind tasting and evaluation, whittling down the top international wines.

From John Szabo MS: Digging for Minerality

There’s ample anecdotal and empirical evidence that soils affects the smell, taste and texture of wine. Scientists, however, still struggle to pinpoint exactly why and how these differences arise – the direct and indirect effects of soil chemistry on wine are challenging to identify and even harder to quantify with scientific certainty. It’s nearly impossible to isolate soil mineral content alone as the difference between the chemical content of wines, as the number of variables is staggering. But knowing empirically that soils play an important role, it seems impossible not to attribute and connect differing characteristics to a wine’s geological origins, sketchy science and all.

National Wine Awards of Canada

So, You Think You Know Wine?

Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Welcome to Table 14, the Grande Finale of “So, You Think You Know Wine?”

After weeks of battling for position and points, everything comes down to the final wine. Finalists John Szabo MS, Sara d’Amato and William Predhomme face-off for all the glory with their own compelling arguments as to what’s in the glass. Tune in to see who gets it right and, as host Seán Cullen would say, who gets it more right.

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