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Week in Review
Sunday, January 26 2025
01 · 26Buckle Up
As climate challenges and the anti-alcohol lobby loom large for 2025, the real issue is soaring wine prices, threatening to dampen consumption if unchecked. Suffice it to say it will be an interesting year, but one thing will never change. The people making the best wine and selling it at a fair price will be sure to survive. They will be our focus in 2025. To those readers on a restricted budget, we recommend using our search tool to scan the thousands of wines our team is tasting to find authentic wines at the right price. Subscribe to our free monthly newsletter which will feature wine picks worth your time and wallet.
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Contributors
by: Brent Gushowaty
Notable Pinot Noirs and their Terroirs
The 2025 Vancouver International Wine Festival was a signal opportunity to sample a gallery of pinot noirs from the New World part of the pinot noir spectrum. A good portion of the pinot noir's flavour spectrum and its responsiveness to terroir were clearly on display. Unfortunately, the US West Coast was the featured country planned nearly a year before the current trade war. While the wines have been temporarily pulled from the shelves of government stores, we tasted several just before the tariff turbulence...Read More ...
From the TreveHouseby: Treve Ring
Top 10 : Wines for Earth Day
There are numerous shades of green in the wine world nowadays, and consumers don’t have to sacrifice quality to taste them. Green generally isn’t usually something you look for in a wine. For wine geeks, ‘green’ can note underripe fruit and lip-stinging acid. But the global movement towards all things earth friendly and planet preserving also extends to wine. In fact, from ground to grape to glass, some wine producers have gone back to their roots, literally, in creating a sustainable product...Read More ...
Cheese Pleaseby: Allison Spurrell
Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar
Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar is a unique cheddar made in rural Prince Edward Island. The cow’s milk gathered from Holsteins is heated but not pasteurized, allowing it to develop the most flavourful cheddar possible. Milk Type: Raw Cow’s Milk Style: Traditional clothbound cheddar Description: The cheese is made using a traditional Scottish recipe; the drum-shaped wheels are pressed and then wrapped in cloth...Read More ...