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Category Archives: FORTIFIED WINE
Taylor Fladgate, LBV, 2007 bottled 2012, Douro, Portugal, 20% abv, C$25.99, 375ml
According to the Taylor Fladgate website, this style accounts for over a quarter of all port sales in Canada – and 20% of all port purchases in the United Kingdom. The reason it’s so popular lies in the fact that … Continue reading
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Campbells, Rutherglen Muscat, NV, Australia, 17.5% abv, 12 UK pds, 37.5 CL
Shopping in the St. Alban’s Waitrose this past week, I was shocked and awed by the selection of still and fortified wines, sparklings and spirits available at what is essentially the British equivalent to a Whole Foods. And with this, … Continue reading
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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
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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
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Alvear, Pedro Ximenez, De Anada, Montilla Moriles DO, Spain, 17% abv, C$35 (375 ml)
Sherry, sherry, sherry – it’s so versatile. Drink Fino with salty snacks – great with almonds, mackerel, sardines, potato chips or olives. Or choose an Oloroso, an Amontillada or some Manzanilla. This Alvear Pedro Ximenez has been hanging around since … Continue reading
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Alvear Solera 1927, Montilla-Moriles, Pedro Ximénez, Spain, NV, 16% abv. C$30
Recently at Vancouver’s Salt (you know, as I type that I hear the SNL character Stefan in my head…), we enjoyed my favourite kind of dinner – wine and charcuterie. A white Rioja, an old vines Garnacha from Navarra and a really … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvear Solera 1927, criadera, fortified wine, Jerez, Montilla Moriles, Pedro Ximenez, PX, sherry, solera 1927, spain
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