Wine Access Reviews since March 2001
lfw reviews key- 
Gold trophy (90% domestic) 
Gold (80%) 
Silver (70%)
Bronze (60%) 
Merit (50%)... just because everyone likes numbers with their wine...
Very sad to see the direction that Access is heading in. While they trumpet their support for the Canadian wine industry, the number that they actually recommend slips year by year. Dec/Jan 09/10, the Canadian Wine Awards Issue, actually recommends less than 10% domestic, and their list of favourite wines doesn't allow Canada into the top 50. Only in Canada, eh???
Wine Access recommendations 2010
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| August / September |
no |
12 |
107 |
10.1 |
10.8 ( 65 / 536) |
| April / May |
no |
18 |
115 |
13.5 |
11.6 ( 53 / 417) |
| February / March |
no |
18 |
98 |
15.5 |
11.6 ( 35 / 302) |
| December / January |
no |
17 |
169 |
9.1 |
9.1 ( 17 / 186) |
Wine Access recommendations 2009
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| October / November |
no |
6 |
36 |
14.3 |
12.3 ( 55 / 447) |
| August / September |
no |
14 |
86 |
14.0 |
12.1 ( 49 / 405) |
| June / July |
no |
19 |
141 |
13.5 |
11.5 ( 35 / 305) |
| February / March |
no |
10 |
72 |
12.2 |
11.0 ( 16 / 145) |
| December / January |
no |
6 |
57 |
9.5 |
9.5 ( 6 / 63) |
Wine Access recommendations 2008
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| October / November |
no |
27 |
111 |
19.6 |
11.5 ( 102 / 887) |
| August / September |
no |
19 |
112 |
14.5 |
10.0 ( 75 / 749) |
| June / July |
no |
27 |
119 |
18.5 |
9.1 ( 56 / 618) |
| April / May |
no |
14 |
146 |
8.8 |
6.1 ( 29 / 472) |
| February / March |
no |
12 |
144 |
7.7 |
4.8 ( 15 / 312) |
| December / January |
no |
3 |
153 |
1.9 |
1.9 ( 3 / 156) |
Wine Access recommendations 2007
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| October / November |
no |
82 |
563 |
12.7 |
14.5 ( 173 / 1,193) |
| August / September |
no |
20 |
124 |
16.1 |
16.6 ( 91 / 548) |
| June / July |
no |
31 |
133 |
18.9 |
17.6 ( 71 / 404) |
| April / May |
no |
20 |
98 |
16.9 |
16.7 ( 40 / 240) |
| February / March |
no |
20 |
102 |
16.4 |
16.4 ( 20 / 122) |
Wine Access recommendations 2006
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| Dec 06 / Jan 07 |
no |
6 |
125 |
4.6 |
21.2 ( 224 / 1,059) |
| November |
no |
38 |
197 |
16.2 |
23.5 ( 218 / 928) |
| October |
no |
37 |
149 |
23.7 |
26.0 ( 180 / 693) |
| September |
no |
23 |
74 |
23.7 |
28.2 ( 143 / 507) |
| July - August |
no |
31 |
96 |
24.4 |
29.3 ( 120 / 410) |
| June |
no |
28 |
72 |
28.0 |
31.4 ( 89 / 283) |
| May |
no |
21 |
30 |
41.2 |
33.3 ( 61 / 183) |
| Spring |
no |
20 |
37 |
35.1 |
30.3 ( 40 / 132) |
| Winter |
no |
20 |
55 |
26.7 |
26.7 ( 20 / 75) |
Wine Access recommendations 2005
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| November |
no |
17 |
37 |
31.5 |
24.8 ( 182 / 733) |
| October |
no |
23 |
38 |
37.7 |
24.3 ( 165 / 679) |
| September |
no |
17 |
58 |
22.7 |
23.0 ( 142 / 618) |
| July - August |
no |
25 |
98 |
20.5 |
23.0 ( 125 / 543) |
| June |
no |
17 |
56 |
23.3 |
23.8 ( 100 / 420) |
| May |
no |
28 |
78 |
26.4 |
23.9 ( 83 / 347) |
| April |
no |
21 |
82 |
20.4 |
22.8 ( 55 / 241) |
| Winter |
no |
34 |
104 |
24.6 |
24.6 ( 34 / 138) |
Wine Access recommendations 2004
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| December |
no |
63 |
109 |
36.6 |
26.9 ( 265 / 984) |
| November |
no |
17 |
38 |
30.9 |
24.9 ( 202 / 812) |
| October |
no |
23 |
50 |
31.5 |
24.1 ( 185 / 757) |
| September |
no |
23 |
47 |
32.9 |
23.7 ( 162 / 684) |
| Summer |
no |
39 |
54 |
41.9 |
22.6 ( 139 / 614) |
| June |
no |
22 |
78 |
22.0 |
19.2 ( 100 / 521) |
| May |
no |
24 |
97 |
19.8 |
18.5 ( 78 / 421) |
| April |
no |
27 |
42 |
39.1 |
18.0 ( 54 / 300) |
| Feb Mar 04 |
no |
13 |
120 |
9.8 |
11.7 ( 27 / 231) |
| Dec Jan 03 04 |
no |
14 |
84 |
14.3 |
14.3 ( 14 / 98) |
Wine Access recommendations 2003
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| November |
no |
16 |
323 |
4.7 |
22.9 (203 / 888) |
| October |
|
107 |
0 |
100.0 |
34.1 (187 / 549) |
| September |
no |
13 |
101 |
11.4 |
18.1 ( 80 / 442) |
| July - August |
no |
10 |
41 |
19.6 |
20.4 ( 67 / 328) |
| June |
no |
28 |
65 |
30.1 |
20.6 ( 57 / 277) |
| May |
no |
2 |
55 |
3.5 |
15.8 ( 29 / 184) |
| April |
no |
3 |
55 |
5.2 |
20.9 ( 27 / 129) |
| February - March |
no |
24 |
47 |
33.8 |
33.8 ( 24 / 71) |
Wine Access recommendations 2002
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| December |
no |
9 |
144 |
3.8 |
15.8 (213 / 1352) |
| November |
|
119 |
0 |
100.0 |
17.0 (204 / 1199) |
| October |
no |
7 |
77 |
8.3 |
7.9 ( 85 / 1080) |
| September |
no |
5 |
85 |
5.6 |
7.8 ( 78 / 918) |
| July - August |
no |
1 |
78 |
1.3 |
8.1 ( 73 / 906) |
| June |
no |
12 |
64 |
18.8 |
8.7 ( 72 / 827) |
| May |
no |
14 |
95 |
12.8 |
8.0 ( 60 / 691) |
| April |
no |
24 |
149 |
13.9 |
7.2 ( 46 / 596) |
| February - March |
no |
15 |
164 |
8.4 |
4.7 ( 22 / 469) |
| December - January |
no |
7 |
283 |
2.5 |
2.5 ( 7 / 290) |
Wine Access recommendations 2001
| Issue |
lfw award |
CDN |
IMPORT |
CDN (%) |
YTD CDN (%) |
| November |
|
77 |
14 |
84.6 |
25.2 (212 / 842) |
| October |
no |
0 |
148 |
0.0 |
18.0 (135 / 751) |
| September |
no |
29 |
103 |
22.0 |
22.4 (135 / 603) |
| July August |
no |
29 |
64 |
31.2 |
29.0 (106 / 471) |
| June |
no |
26 |
65 |
28.6 |
20.4 ( 77 / 378) |
| May |
no |
32 |
69 |
31.7 |
17.8 ( 51 / 287) |
| April |
no |
13 |
67 |
16.3 |
10.2 ( 19 / 186) |
| February March |
no |
6 |
100 |
5.7 |
5.7 ( 6 / 106) |
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