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Category Archives: WHITE
Chardonnay, Louis Jadot, Pouilly-Fuissé AOC, Mâconnais, France, 13% abv.
Pouilly-Fuissé is located in Burgundy’s Mâconnais subregion and Chardonnay is its only grape. Its wines are usually good deals and cheaper than those from the north of Burgundy. There, a good tip for when all those wines are swimming in front … Continue reading
Posted in Chardonnay, France, OTHER, WHITE
Tagged Burgundy, chardonnay, france, Louis Jadot, Maconnais, Pouilly-Fuisse
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Champagne Gatinois, Aÿ Grand Cru, Brut Tradition, Champagne, France, NV, 12% abv. C$60
Here is a champagne from deep in the Marne in tiny Aÿ, located to the east of Épernay. This is a 90% Pinot Noir based champagne with 10% Chardonnay, but it’s 100% Grand Cru and grown on the 7.3 ha … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, Chardonnay, France, OTHER, Pinot Noir
Tagged Ay, Champagne Gatinois, chardonnay, Gatinois, Grand Cru, Mailly, Pierre Cheval, pinot noir
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Pluma, Casa de Vila Verde, Vinho Verde DOC, Portugal, 10.5% abv.
There at the Wines of Portugal – Vancouver tasting table #40 was Ricardo Jorge Pinto Correia, the Director of Casa Santos Lima with a line up of wines to show Vancouver. Friendly, unflappable and enthusiastic about his wares, Ricardo happily explained … Continue reading
Posted in Arinto, Avesso, Loureiro, Treixadura / Trincadero, WHITE
Tagged 12% abv., Casa de Vila Verde, frizzante, Pluma, Portugal, Quinta de Porrais, rosado, rose, Tortuga, Vinho Verde DOC, white wine
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Miraval, Rosé, Jolie-Pitt & Perrin, Provence AC, France, 2014, 13% abv. 19.50 GBP / C$29 ++
There’s not much about this famous Brangelina – Perrin brothers product you can’t find on the internet. A quick search brings up a mere 27,900 links on Google. It was named on Wine Spectator’s 100 top wines of 2013 as the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinsault, France, Grenache / Garnacha, OTHER, Rolle, ROSE, Shiraz / Syrah
Tagged 13% abv., 2014, AC Provence, cinsault, france, grenache, Jolie-Pitt & Perrin, Miraval, Rolle, rosé, syrah
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Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde DOC, Portugal, 9.5% abv, C$12.75 ++
Young and refreshing – just as promised in Portuguese on the label! This is cheap and cheerful at its best. Vinho Verde literally means ‘green wine’ but refers to the fact that it’s supposed to be enjoyed young. Make sure … Continue reading
Posted in Arinto, Azal, Loureiro, Portugal, Treixadura / Trincadero, WHITE
Tagged Arinto, Azal, Casal Garcia, cheap and cheerful, light alcohol wine, Loureiro, Portugal, Treixadura, Vinho Verde DOC, white wine
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AcÚstic, Garnaxa Blanca, Montsant DO, Spain, 2012, 14% abv. C$27 @ Marquis Wine Cellars
Montsant DO lies literally in a ring around tiny Priorat DOQ just inland on the northeastern shores of Spain, southwest of Barcelona. Oft ignored as ‘lesser than’ compared to the tinier but mightier DOQ it surrounds, this wine is proof … Continue reading
Posted in OTHER, Spain, WHITE, White Grenache / Garnacha / Garnaxa
Tagged Acustic, Catalan, Catalonia, Cataluyna, Garnacha Blanca, Grenache blanc, Montsant DO, spain, White Grenache, white wine
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Evans & Tate Metricup Road, Chardonnay, Margaret River, Australia, 2011, 13.5% abv.
Visitors to the 2015 Vancouver International Wine Festival will recognize this delicious Aussie Chardonnay from Evans & Tate that punches above its weight in terms of value for money. A shade of medium lemon with tears, the nose shows grapefruit pith, Meyer lemon, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Chardonnay, OTHER, WHITE
Tagged Australia, chardonnay, Evans and Tate, Margaret River, Metricup Road, white wine
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Domaine Huet, Clos du Bourg, Sec, Vouvray AC, Loire, France, 2011, 13.5% abv.
These are a few of my favourite things – the Loire Valley, Domaine Huet and Chenin Blanc. We visited this classic biodynamic benchmark winery in June 2014 but opened this bottle in July 2015. A second bottle was opened in October 2015 (notes … Continue reading
Posted in Chenin Blanc, France, Loire, WHITE
Tagged 2011, chenin blanc, Clos du Bourg, domaine huet, france, off dry, sec, Vouvray AC, white wine
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Domaine de Chaberton, White, BC VQA, Langley, BC, 2013, 12.9% abv, C$12
While enroute to a weekend in Ucluelet, BC, we stopped in Coombs for lunch. There was one red and one white on the lunch menu – both from Langley, BC’s Domaine de Chaberton – available in mini bar bottles with … Continue reading
Tawse, Quarry Road Vineyard, Chardonnay, Vinemount Ridge VQA, Ontario, 2011, 13% abv. C$34.95
Irony of ironies, although I live in Canada, it’s almost impossible for me to purchase a wine grown and produced in Ontario living here on BC’s west coast. This was picked up during a trip to the Niagara region in March 2015. … Continue reading
Posted in Chardonnay, Ontario, OTHER, WHITE
Tagged 2011, chardonnay, Ontario, Quarry Road Vineyard, Tawse, Vinemount Ridge VQA, white wine
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