Natalie MacLean - Delicious Wine Picks & Pairings

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    This battle of the bottles is a fun, "bottoms up"
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    This recipe for juicy seared steak is
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    this with two robust red wines.

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Note from Nat

Think of me as your red-nosed fairy godmother. I kiss a lot of vinous frogs to find the princely wines for you, more than 10,000 bottles a year.

Yes, I'm a certified sommelier and was named the World's Best Wine Writer at the World Food Media Awards. Blah, blah, blah. What really matters is that I know which wines can increase your hedonistic happiness... a lot.

Natalie

Wine News

From the Toronto Star ... As do many people, I like drinking wine. But I don't know how to assess which wines are worth the money and which aren’t.

MacLean's new wine app uses GPS to pinpoint the closest liquor store to you and gives you a top 10 list of wines in that store in stock right now.

It's available at iTunes Canada, as well as the U.S. and U.K. iTunes stores.

In Nat's Glass

Le Arche Amarone Della Valpolicella 2009

A gorgeously rich and concentrated amarone, yet not heavy: it's also balanced. Lovely, seductive aromas and flavours of black cherry, fleshy black pl...

Readers' Pick

Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Luscious and rich with cassis, fleshy blackberry and blackcurrant. Absolutely classic with a long finish. Tremendous quality for the price.

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