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By John Szabo, MS, with notes from David Lawrason, Sara d’Amato and Michael Godel This feature was commissioned by the Austrian Wine Marketing Board. The WineAlign Crü sat down recently for our annual review of the Austrian wines currently available in the Ontario market, including LCBO Vintages and Destination Collection wines, as well as consignment […] More
Austrian Wine Buyer’s Guide: International Heroes & Rising Stars
By John Szabo, MS The biennial Vievinum wine fair in Vienna is the largest gathering of Austrian wine producers from across the country. Wine writers, buyers and sommeliers from home and abroad descend on the city for a weekend of masterclasses, meetings and of course tastings, held in the magnificent Hofburg Palace in the heart […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – November 16th Vintages Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from the November 16th release, which one would it be and why?” Le Ragose Riserva Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico 2012, Veneto, Italy$92.95, Carpe Vinum InternationalDavid Lawrason – I am rarely excited by Amarones, largely because I find them overblown. But when one comes along […] More
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Prosecco is a sparkling wine made in Veneto, one of Italy's main producing regions, in the Northeastern part of the country, more specifically in the Valdobbiadene and Conegliano areas, which are named in the DOC appellations. The name is also often used for the grape used to make the wine, although the variety was officially renamed glera in 2009. Unlike champagne, Prosecco is almost always produced using the Charmat method, in which the secondary fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks, making the wine less expensive to produce. This inexpensive character has been a key factor in Prosecco's fast-growing popularity in the last two decades. A few producers do make traditional method cuvées, using a second fermentation in bottle, or an even more traditional style called Col Fondo (with the bottom, litterally, or with the lees, more precisely), with some lees remaining at the bottom and making the wine slightly cloudy with a different flavor profile.
