Canada's Best

Posts vary by theme – styles, appellations, grape varieties and wineries. Each will present an introductory article then ten current releases of Canada’s best wines. Once per month there will be a Mixed Case selection of 12 wines, highlighting a wider range and capturing new wines as they are released.

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A Eclectic Selection of New Releases with Some Value Selections Under $40

Not every post at Canada’s Best Wines will delve into a wine style, grape, region or winery. About one-third of the posts you receive...

Blue Mountain of Okanagan Falls

Over the years I have been asked countless times for my opinion on which is Canada’s best winery. The answer has been Blue Mountain....

Cabernet Franc: Canada’s Most Useful and Prized Red Grape

At last year’s National Wine Awards of Canada, 84 cabernet francs were entered, with 45 taking medals, including six Platinum (the most of any...

Best of the Canadian Culinary Championship 2026

With late January temperatures in downtown Ottawa stuck at a raw –25C, the grand interior of the Rogers Convention Centre glittered and glowed as...

Awesome and Obscure 

What makes a wine obscure? We are keeping an open mind on this, because it is actually a very useful category into which we...

Prince Edward County’s Classic Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays

It might seem premature to use the term “classic” in reference to Prince Edward County, one of the newest wine regions in the world....

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Ten Exciting Pinot Noirs Coast to Coast

Pinot noir is literally Canada’s red grape – growing from sea to sea. More specifically it is working in the Annapolis Valley of Nova...

Canada’s Expensive ‘Bordeaux’ Red Blends 

Since the banishment of hugely popular California/Napa big reds in most of Canada last March, the question has been “who offers the best alternative?”...

Canada’s Sparkling Specialists

Canada is poised to become a great sparkling wine nation, with geography at our soul. All of our wine regions are considered cool climate....