Blog

Intrepid Wines is getting down to business! Over the past few days, we have submitted our first wine orders to the LCBO. The first wines ordered are from La Perla di Marco Triacca (Lombardy), Domaine Allemand (Provence), Domaine Laubarel (Sud-Ouest), Castello di Grumello (Lombardy), Le Pech d’André (Languedoc), and Campochiarenti (Tuscany). Next were wines from Tenuta la Tenaglia (Piedmont) and Frassinelli (Veneto). Wines from Château de Lacroux (Sud-Ouest), Domaine de la Via

The LCBO is one of the world's largest wine buyers, and the range of wines it offers Ontario consumers is vast. The same can be said of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ), for that matter. Yet, even combined, the LCBO and the SAQ distribute only a tiny fraction of all the wines produced worldwide. Riesling, for example, is the basis for wines ranging from dry to very sweet, and the aromas of these wines vary enormously from one wine region to another. It's impossible fo