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    Thursday
    Dec012022

    NEW! Versado XIV Reserva 2014

    Well, perhaps "new" is an odd word for a wine from the 2014 vintage, but it is a brand new release. Only 20 cases are available through the LCBO's Classics Catalogue. Made in Ann and Peter's favourite vintage since 2009, this "super reserve" is finally in the Ontario market! 

    Ann calls this wine a "family affair" as the label artwork was created by Peter and Ann's daughter, Lauren. 

    Wednesday
    Nov162022

    Read Between the Wines podcast drops today

    Pierre Ferland returns to his "Read Between the Wines" podcast after a year's hiatus, with an interview with Ann and Peter. Listen here to Episode 44 for all things Argentina, vineyards and Malbec! 

    Saturday
    Nov052022

    Coming back to Vintages - with a new vintage! 

    We are excited to introduce our 2018 Versado Malbec at LCBO Vintages locations on Saturday, November 19, 2022. Once the wine has been shipped to stores, this link will give you a list of locations with inventory. 

    The colour is a rich, classic dark ruby. The nose is a complex mix of enticing black fruit with hints of herbs and licorice. True to classic old vineyards on the higher altitudes of the ancient Mendoza River bed, with each swirl, captivating aromatics of red and black fruits, with earth and stone, emerge. These nuances of terroir continue on the palate, framing full-bodied expressions of late summer mulberry coulis, and extending into a long, plush finish. ~ Ann Sperling 

    Saturday
    Feb052022

    It's (finally) here! Versado is in the LCBO again!

    (LCBO image)Well, it's been a long time in coming! From what was to be a pre-Christmas release, we now have a pre-Valentine's release. We think the celebration is the simple fact that it's finally here!

    2017 Versado Malbec is now in 139 LCBO stores in Ontario. Store locator

    2014 Versado Reserva is now in 54 LCBO stores in Ontario. Store locator

    Tuesday
    Feb012022

    Wines in Niagara shines spotlight on Versado 

    (Image: Rick VanSickle)Niagara-based wine writer Rick VanSickle reports on the February 5, 2022 release of two Versado Malbecs in the LCBO Vintages system, and comments on the Niagara connection to these wines - the winemakers, Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble. 

    "The CVs for these two gifted Canadian wine industry stalwarts run deep, but briefly: Sperling is the winemaker at Southbrook Vineyards in Niagara and at her family’s Sperling Vineyards in the Okanagan. Gamble is an accomplished wine consultant with deep roots and achievements in the Canadian wine industry (including founding Executive Director of VQA) and presently is the consulting winemaker at On Seven Estate Winery in Niagara and many other projects in Canada. Together they are co-proprietors of Versado, their Argentine venture in Mendoza wine country, making exciting and nuanced Malbecs from a vineyard and villa near the old town of Chacras de Coria that they purchased in 2007."

    Rick goes on to explain the tiers and where each is available:  

    ''The small-lot wines from Versado — made in three tiers from the regular Malbec to Reserva to the Old Vine bottlings — are extraordinary wines quite unlike most everyday Malbecs from Argentina you find at Vintages stores.

    "Two of the tiers — the top reserve and the estate bottling — are being offered in the Vintages release on Saturday, Feb. 5, while the Old Vines is being offered through Cru Wine Merchants. It’s the first (time), in my recollection, that three Versado wines have been available at once in Ontario.

    "It’s highly recommended that you seek these wines out on Saturday as they represent the best of the best from Argentine Malbec."

    Rick's reviews and scores are given on each wine's own page but right here we'll list that the Versado Reserva received at 93 score, and the Versado Malbec a 91!