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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
South Kelowna Slopes
In our ongoing series on British Columbian pinot noir, Kelowna is the focus this month, and its two sub-gis, both located on the eastern side of Okanagan Lake, East Kelowna Slopes and South Kelowna Slopes. Separated from the Southwest corner of East Kelowna Slopes sub-GI by only a 1.5 km isthmus of urban development, the South Kelowna Slopes sub-GI differs substantially because its 800 hectares run in a narrow strip along the shore of Okanagan Lake from Upper Mission to Okanagan Mountain Park...Read More ...
Cheese Pleaseby: Allison Spurrell
Take a cheesy trip
I know some people; let’s call them wine people. When they travel, it’s to Napa Valley, not California, and it’s to Burgundy and Alsace, not just France. They visit wineries, winemakers, and wine bars. They visit stores with row upon row of lovely gleaming bottles with familiar labels that they covet. They buy, taste, and enjoy all the interesting wines their travel destinations have to offer...Read More ...
by: Geoffrey Moss MW
Top 10: Cabernet Sauvignon under $50
Cabernet sauvignon may be the most planted grape variety in the world, but we’d argue it isn’t easy to find exciting examples under $50. You often get what you pay for–at least up to a point. While we’ll never wrap our heads around the stratospheric prices of Napa or Bordeaux, the wines at the other end of the spectrum often end up, well, relatively simple and vinous, veering dangerously close to Welch’s grape juice...Read More ...
