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Author Archives: winellama
Fino, Montilla-Moriles DO, Alvear SA, Spain, 15% abv, C$14.99
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I love sherry. It’s so versatile and yet completely under appreciated. We enjoyed most of this wine last night with the WSET Fortifieds study group and I finished the bottle … Continue reading
Posted in FORTIFIED WINE, Palomino, Sherry
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Banrock Station, Sparkling Shiraz, Southeastern Australia, 14% abv, C$14.99
I fancy myself an open minded sort, but even I have to admit this wine tested the limits of my esotericism. There is something weird and unsettling about tannin, oak and leather with your bubbles. I have been known to … Continue reading
Posted in RED, Shiraz / Syrah, Sparkling Wine
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Rosa di Sera, Beato Bartolomeo Breganze, Vino Spumante, Italia, 11.5% abv, $15
It’s BC election night and a drink will help all of this go down. Besides, I have to keep working on those sparklings lining the shelf in anticipation of that exam in June. So, I opened the Rosa di Sera, … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, ROSE, Sparkling Wine
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Freixenet, Cordon Negro, Cava, Método Tradicional, Spain, 12% abv, C$15
It’s Mother’s Day and I’m happy to sit down after a day at the winery to dinner made for me, cookies, roses – the works! Top it off with some Cava, a bubbly for my possibly-broken-but-can’t-be-sure-about-it toe. I saved the life … Continue reading
Posted in Macabeu/Viura, Parellada, Spain, Sparkling Wine, Xarel-lo
Tagged 12% abv., catalunya, Cava, Cordon Negro, Freixenet, macabeu, Metodo Tradicional, parellada, spain, sparkling wine, viura, xarella
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Segura Viudas Brut Vintage Cava, Metode Tradicional, 2008, 12%abv, $28
So what do you do when someone you love is really sad and all you want to do is cheer her up? Moi? I treat first with food and then with alcohol. If neither of those help, we move quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Cava, Macabeu/Viura, Parellada, Spain, Sparkling Wine, WHITE
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Blandy’s Rich Madeira, Alvada 5 yo, Madeira Wine Company, Madeira, 19% abv, C$35.00 500 ml
Madeira is ‘the other’ great fortified wine from Portugal. Located about 600 km southwest off the Portuguese coast, the main island of Madeira was ‘discovered’ by Portuguese settlers around the year 1420. Unfortunately, in their haste to settle the volcanic, … Continue reading
Posted in FORTIFIED WINE, Madeira
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Petalo Il Vino Dell’Amore, Moscato, Bottega, Dolce, Veneto, Italy, NV, 6.5% abv.
Made in the charmat method (first fermentation in steel tanks and the second in sealed tanks and under pressure for 30 days), this moscato was perfect for our spring brunch with fresh fruit salad, pancakes with maple syrup and artisanal … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Moscato, Sparkling Wine
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Viña Gravonia, Crianza, López de Heredia, Rioja Alta, Spain, 2000, 12% abv, C$42 BCLB
It was a sad day for the unusual wines of Rioja, Spain; Pedro Lopez de Heredia passed away today. This called for the raising of a special glass in his honour and memory. Enter the Viña Gravonia, Crianza 2000. Several years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Spain, Viura / White Rioja, WHITE
Tagged crianza, Lopez de Heredia, rioja, spain, vina gravonia, viura, white wine
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L’Ermitage, Roederer, Brut 2003, Anderson Valley, Sonoma, California, 12% abv US$47 (+C$17 tax at border)
Oh to be back on holiday in the Anderson Valley. How I miss it so. With good friends over tonight it was a reasonable enough excuse to pull out my special bottle of L’Ermitage, Roederer Brut 2003 from said valley … Continue reading
Posted in Anderson Valley, California, Sonoma, Sparkling Wine
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Sondraia, Bolgheri DOC, Poggio al Tesoro, Bolgheri, Italy, 2008, 14.5% abv, C$62.00
This wine hails from the Bolgheri DOC in Italy. There is a Bolgheri DOC and a Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC in Tuscany, but I didn’t know that Bolgheri wines don’t list the varietals on the label because of course, they are … Continue reading
Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon / Blends, Italy, RED
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