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BY ROSSANA DI ZIO MAGNOTTA
Choosing the Right Wines
for the Wine Lovers on Your List
MAGNOTTA
TWENTYFIFTH
ANNIVERSARY
3L MILLENNIUM
For the Red Wine Lover
Who Appreciates
a Masterful Blend
PRICE $150 / INCLUDES
CANADIAN CRAFTED
WOODEN BOX
A limited release of only
300 numbered bottles. This
luxurious wine brings together
luscious grapes from our Chilean vineyards with Ontario's
distinctly aromatic grapes.
Available for a limited time in
an impressive 3L format.
• FOR RED WINE LOVERS: Best
festive gift that makes a lasting
holiday choices are full-bodied
impression. For an extra special
Cabernets and Merlots, Bordeaux
New Year's Eve gift, give a Spar-
blends and appassimento wines.
kling Icewine for a truly unforgettable wine experience.
• FOR WHITE WINE LOVERS:
Choose soft and silky whites like
• PLUS: Simplify your gift giving by
a Sémillon, a crisp Riesling or an
stocking up on a few cases of pre-
oak-aged, buttery Chardonnay.
mium wines as well as gift bags
and boxes so that you're ready
• If you don't know if a person likes
for any situation. If you're going
white wine or red wine, stick to a
to a dinner party or dropping by
white wine gift. Why? Red wine
someone's home for a visit, you'll
lovers usually drink white wines
have a hostess gift ready to go. If
too but white wine lovers tend to
a neighbour or friend does some-
only drink whites. So a white wine
thing nice for you, you'll have
gift would work for both people
an instant thank you gift. If the
on your list.
weather gets bad and you don't
• Give wines that people wouldn't
usually buy for themselves like a
dessert wine, a premium blend
want to go out to get a wine gift,
you're already prepared.
• And remember to buy Ontario.
or an unusual varietal like a
We have wonderful, award-win-
Carmenère or Gewürztraminer.
ning wines in our own backyard
It makes it a more memorable
- refreshing whites, full reds,
gift and shows you put careful
rosés and sparkling wines. So if it
thought into your selection.
doesn't say "Ontario", put it back
• And the holidays wouldn't be
complete without an iconic Canadian Icewine. It's an exquisite
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and choose some spectacular
local wines instead. You should be
proud to give these world-class
wines as holiday gifts.
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