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Great Value Wines
Wines That Are Easy on The Wallet
Once again, we’ve rung in a new year; we’ve cast away the old one and look forward (hopefully) to the year ahead – bright eyed and bushy tailed…right?
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While you may be contemplating a
“dry January” or at least cutting back, and hats off to you, some of us might still need to unwind occasionally, perhaps after an Codorniu Brut Clasico Penedes, Spain CSPC +503490 $15-17 Honoro Vera 2018 Rioja Rioja, Spain CSPC +796836 $20-22 Hahn 2018 Chardonnay Monterey. United States CSPC +743983 $16-18 Wirra Wirra Scrubby Rise 2017 Shiraz McLaren Vale, Australia CSPC +19935 $18-20
BY TOM FIRTH
awesome snow day, or you might be have a little dinner planned (most likely smaller than usual) here and there.
The wines below, are drawn from the 2020 edition of our Alberta Beverage Awards, judged blind by a bevy (see what I did there?) of our expert judges, and determined to represent excellent value Animus 2017 Douro Douro, Portugal CSPC +752752 $15-18 Wente 2017 Sandstone Merlot Livermore Valley, United States CSPC +171025 $16-18 Bollini 2019 Pinot Grigio Rosato Dolomiti, Italy CSPC +815924 $21-23 Glen Carlou 2016 Grand Classique Paarl, South Africa CSPC +153882 $22-24 Les Vins Bonhomme 2018 El Petit post-competition (our judges don’t know what each product is, including the price, region, or producer).
Our Top Values are exactly that, wines that deliver, at a great price.
The complete results, with our judges, can be found online at
culinairemagazine.ca/aba-results-2020 Trapiche 2018 Reserve Malbec Mendoza, Argentina
CSPC +343327 $12-14 Pine Ridge 2017 Chenin Blanc Viognier Napa Valley, United States CSPC +746997 $22-23
Sierra Norte 2017 Pasion De Bobal Utiel Requena, Spain
CSPC +824524 $19-22 Zenato 2019 Pinot Grigio delle Venezie Veneto, Italy
Angus the Bull 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Central Victoria, Australia CSPC +713074 $22-25 CSPC +390906 $15-17
Bonhomme Blanco Rueda, Spain CSPC +79046 $15-17 Undurraga 2017 “Sibaris” Pinot Noir Gran Reserva Leyda Valley, Chile CSPC +761205 $14-17