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Anthony Gismondi on Wine

This week the GOW Top Ten returns to the Next World pinot noir category in search of silky, round, inviting pinot to get you through the spring.

The list of high potential pinot noir provenance continues to expand in our view including Central Otago, Martinborough, Canterbury, Nelson and Marlborough in New Zealand; Sonoma Coast, Russian River, Carneros, Monterey and Santa Barbara County in California; Leyda, Casablanca, Chimbarongo and Marchigue in Chile; Oregon’s Willamette and Rogue Valleys; Tasmania and Yarra Valley in Australia; and cooler pockets like Hemel-en-Aarde and Elgin in South Africa. Of course, here in Canada, our own Okanagan Valley and Vancouver Island in British Columbia, and Ontario’s Prince Edward County and Niagara Peninsula have proven very successful places for planting pinotHere are ten Next World pinot noirs gleaned from recent tastings you should seek out.

 

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Anthony Gismondi
Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 30 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. In addition, Anthony hosts the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available as a podcast on major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, attracting one million monthly users from 114 countries. It continues to be a valuable resource full of tasting notes, intelligent wine stories and videos for the trade and consumers. Conversations with wine personalities are available on his  YouTube Channel.