Canada
Tawse David's Block Cabernet Franc 2020, Twenty Mile Bench, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: Berries upfront and candied cherry on nose. Very herbal and grippy with cedar toast on the finish. Pair with game hen. Drink: 2024 - 2028 13.5% 750 mL $50.95 Score: 92/100. January 2024. Top Rated Red Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Pinot Noir 2019, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia BC V.Q.A., Canada: Quails' Gate 2019 Pinot Noir, is satiny smooth and elegant with balanced acidity, fragrant with crushed raspberry, dark cherry, lavender, sage, vanilla and smoky aromas on the nose. Perfectly poised, concentrated and powerful with dark cherry, fine herbs, anise, nutmeg and ginger spice flavours on the palate. Tannins are velvety. Enjoy on its own or pour with a rack of lamb. Pinot Noir food pairings: herb crusted chicken, roasted lamb, savoury slow cooked game. Drink: 2023 - 2026 585760 14% D 750 mL $35.95 Score: 91/100. January 2024. Top Rated Red Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Southbrook Vineyards Vidal Skin Fermented Orange Wine 2021, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: Southbrook Vidal Skin Fermented White Orange Wine 2021 has 10 days of skin contact with a young nutty sherry-like flavour and earl gray tea aromas. Vidal Skin Fermented Orange Wine food pairings: fresh and bloomy rind cheeses, white bean spreads, pasta with cream sauce, white finned fish and roast chicken. Drink: 2024 - 2025 628065 10% XD 750 mL $29.95 Score: 91/100. January 2024. Top Rated White Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Potter Settlement Wines Gewürtztraminer 2020, Tweed, Ontario, Canada: A medium-bodied Gewurztraminer with aromas of lychee, rose petal and white pear. Match with roast chicken. Gewürtztraminer food pairings: grilled calamari, turkey brie wrap, shrimp rolls. Drink: 2024 - 2027 12.8% M 750 mL $35.00 Score: 90/100. January 2024. Top Rated White Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Cloudsley Cellars Foxcroft Vineyard Chardonnay 2020, Twenty Mile Bench, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: Pure mineral limestone freshness from this cool vintage Chardonnay. Wild yeast barrel fermented then it spent 18 months in French oak. Some light waxiness on the medium finish. Available from winery. Pour with baked ham and sweet potatoes. Drink: 2024 - 2026 36017 13% XD 750 mL $60.00 Score: 90/100. January 2024. Top Rated White Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Thirty Bench Small Lot Wild Cask Riesling 2020, Beamsville Bench, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: Flavours of juicy apricots made from well-draining limestone soils. Available from the winery. Pair with chicken. Riesling food pairings: chicken pad Thai, Thai basil curry, spicy chickpea curry. Drink: 2024 - 2027 44145 10.5% M 750 mL $32.00 Score: 95/100. January 2024. Top Rated White Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Bachelder Kirby Gamay Noir 2022, Four Mile Creek, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: With 12.5% alcohol, Bachelder Kirby Gamay Noir is made from 43% whole cluster grapes. Expressive with bright crunchy cherry fruit and fresh florals. Pour with grilled duck. Gamay Noir food pairings: duck confit, pepper steak, grilled chicken dishes. Drink: 2024 - 2026 29% XD 750 mL $29.00 Score: 90/100. January 2024. Top Rated Red Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Domaine Queylus Reserve du Domaine Cabernet Franc 2020, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: Domaine Queylus Reserve du Domaine Cabernet Franc 2020 is grippy and full-bodied with an herbal, nose of ark currants and bell peppers. Smooth berry flavours with tobacco and savoury dried herbs. 13% alc. Pour with roast beef. Drink: 2024 - 2030 13% XD 750 mL $48.70 Score: 93/100. January 2024. Top Rated Red Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Stratus Botrytis Affected Sémillon 2020, Niagara Lakeshore, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: Very tasty, with gorgeous apricot peach perfection so well balanced with bright acidity one would never believe it's that sweet 84 g/L . Pair with apple cobbler. Botrytis Affected Sémillon food pairings: cheesecake, glazed donuts, fruit flan. Drink: 2024 - 2030 11% S 500 mL $39.00 Score: 96/100. January 2024. Top Rated Dessert Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Megalomaniac Pink Slip Rosé 2021, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada: Megalomaniac Pink Slip 2021 is a bright and juicy, dry, medium-bodied with a mouthful of strawberry, raspberry, ripe red cherry and fine herb flavours on the palate. No pink slip here, just a lovely fragrant, juicy Niagara Peninsula rosé to chill and pour with lamb kebabs or grilled salmon. A real crowd-pleaser. Produced by John Howard Cellars of Distinction. Rosé food pairings: lox and capers, grilled salmon steak, shellfish. Drink: 2024 - 2025 85126 12% D 750 mL $17.95 Score: 88/100. January 2024. Best Value Rosé Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
New Zealand
Astrolabe Pinot Noir 2018, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand: Produced from sustainably grown grapes from the Marlborough wine region. Dry, medium-bodied and wrapped up in mouth-watering acidity, this Pinot Noir is so juicy and generous now with pink florals, dark cherry, spiced plum, baking and toasty oak spice flavours with textured tannins on the palate. Drink or hold. Food-friendly, to be enjoyed with grilled pork or juicy lamb chops from the grill. Pinot Noir food pairings: roast leg of lamb, roast pork with corn niblets and red bell pepper, roast crackling duck. Drink: 2024 - 2028 538918 14.5% XD 750 mL $31.95 Score: 93/100. January 2024. Top Rated Red Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
United States
Bread & Butter Rosé Can, California, United States: A gloriously vibrant and zesty Californian Rosé with notes to tiny field strawberries and watermelon. Perfect for picnic fare from grilled chicken to veggies. Rosé Can food pairings: roast chicken, teriyaki shrimp, lentil burgers. Drink: 2024 - 2026 31472 12.5% D 250 mL $6.95 Score: 91/100. January 2024. Top Rated Rosé Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart