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Monday, January 20 2020

Top 10 : New Year, New Wines

By: Treve Ring
Forget Dry January, and embrace Try January
Top 10 : New Year, New Wines
Top Ten

What was your wine resolution?

We don't believe in Dry January, but are fans of the New Year's resolution to expand your wine vocabulary. There are thousands of grapes out there, from dozens of countries, and the ever-expanding exploration is what keeps us going at GOW. Here are some recently tasted wines that will introduce you to new grapes, places, and styles. Keep in mind you will have to venture beyond your BCLS walls to find most of these wines, so make friends with your local wine retailers and agents, and ask for these and others like them. Happy wine journeys in 2020.

92/100Fitapreta Branco 2018Alentejo, Central and Southern Portugal, Portugal
92/100Quinta Da Costa Do Pinhão Peladosa 2015Cima Corga, Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, Portugal
92/100Natte Valleij Cinsault Simonsberg Paarl 2017Simonsberg-Paarl, Paarl, Coastal Region, South Africa
92/100Jim Barry Assyrtiko 2018Clare Valley, South Australia, Australia
89/100Tiberio Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 2018Abruzzo, Italy
91/100Benanti Etna Bianco 2017Sicily, Italy
90/100Ferrari Brut Metodo Classico N/VTrento, Trentino- Alto-Adige, Italy
90/100Rivera Il Falcone Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva 2013Puglia, Italy
90/100Okendo Astobiza Txakoli 2018Navarra and Basque Country, Spain
91/100El Maestro Sierra Amontillado 12 Years Old N/VSherry Jerez - Manzanilla, Spain
92/100Umani Ronchi Fonte Del Re Lacrima Di Morro D'Alba 2018Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
92/100Koerner Rolle 2018Clare Valley, South Australia, Australia
91/100Alta Alella Bruant Cava 2016Alella, Catalunya (Catalonia Cataluña), Spain
91/100Izadi Rioja Blanco 2017Rioja, Spain
91/100Jean-Paul Brun Terres Dorées Beaujolais Blanc 2016Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
89/100Feudo Maccari Olli Grillo 2017Sicily, Italy
89/100Rocca Bernarda Ribolla Gialla 2017Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
92/100Boekenhoutskloof Semillon 2013Franschhoek Valley, Paarl, Coastal Region, South Africa
89/100Abbazia di Novacella Schiava 2016Trentino- Alto-Adige, Italy
89/100Spearhead Winery White Pinot Noir 2018Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
91/100Testalonga El Bandito Mangaliza 2017Swartland, Coastal Region, South Africa
92/100De Martino Viejas Tinajas Cinsault 2018Itata Valley, Chile
91/100Pedro Parra y Familia Imagindor 2016Itata Valley, Chile
90/100Wine for Yoga Lovers Sangiovese Rose 2018Langhorne Creek, South Australia, Australia
90/100Eric Rodez Dosage Zero N/VChampagne, France
89/100Lezèr Teroldeco 2017Trentino- Alto-Adige, Italy
93/100Rieslingfreak No. 4 Eden Valley 2018Eden Valley, South Australia, Australia
90/100Hajszan-Neumann Wiener Gemischter Satz 2018Wien (Vienna), Austria
Written By: TR
Treve Ring
Treve Ring

Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor, judge and speaker, and perpetual traveller. She is based on Vancouver Island, Canada, though is most often found on a plane or in a vineyard. After completing her Art History degree with Distinction from the University of Victoria and being exposed to the world of wine business at Christie’s in London, England, she switched gears, leaving the realm of art for the world of wine. She is a certified sommelier, WSET diploma holder, Champagne Master, Wine Scholar Guild instructor, and certified Sherry instructor, and has been presenting on wine internationally since co-founding Cru Consultancy, a boutique wine education and consultation company, in 2012. She is the current Chair of the Vancouver Island Sommelier Association.