As we approach the end of 2024, we want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude for your support, engagement, and loyalty. Your feedback and interactions have helped us grow and improve, and we are truly grateful for your continued trust. Gismondi
Selecting wine as a gift is never easy. So, why not let us help you wrap up and gift with confidence a wine that will never be regifted. We have created scenarios to help you sleuth out the perfect bottle for a friend or co-worker. There is no
This year, we get an early start on the holiday season by sharing an advent calendar of wines and accessories to buy, gift, or use at home while you entertain guests. Should you get really busy, you could use any of them as a hostess gift, depending on
After wildfire decimated his Napa winery, Ray Signorello Jr has gone underground. It was not long after we last spoke with Signorello, a West Vancouver native and the owner of Signorello Estate Winery in Napa Valley, that his his winery burned
It is Thanksgiving season in North America, first in mid-October here in Canada and later next month in the United States. It’s been a year of angst for many in the business of wine. From falling grape and wine prices to vineyards under attack by
Our latest video takes you inside the Anselmi family business in northern Italy’s Veneto region. Post World War II, Marino Anselmi launched a thriving négociant business at the family home in Monteforte d’Alpone. First, he used his
A decade of runaway success for BC wine producers was frozen on January 12/13 by a devastatingly cold Arctic outbreak. Temperatures fell to -27 C in parts of the Okanagan and the Similkameen Valleys, dealing a deadly blow to vine buds waiting to burst
Black Hills Estate has a storied history as one of the oldest and leading estates in South Okanagan. Its annual release of Nota Bene became a Canadian phenomenon, selling out year after year within hours, similar to what was happening with California's
Monte del Frà, or the land of the monks, earned its name in the late 15th century when the estate was founded as a monastery by friars from Santa Maria Della Scala. The friars grew their food to live off the land in perpetuity and made wine. Two
An extended Top Ten is in order as the warm summer weather arrives. Our list is a collection of whites that will brighten any summer day and cool down your palate with bright fruit flavours and, in some cases, dry sophistication. The prices are more than
In Bolgheri, a region known for big, bold reds - think Ornellaia, Sassicaia and more, winemaker Marco Farrarese explains that at Guado al Tasso, they are taking a different path, making wines that can be enjoyed earlier yet still age. We visited
Blue Grouse Estate Winery and Vineyard announced today that Stacy Hornemann will take over as lead winemaker, assuming all winemaking responsibilities for Blue Grouse and Quill brands at its Cowichan Valley estate. Following a facility winemaking role
We first encountered Eric Monnin during Covid in a Zoom video discussing Project' B,' Boutinot's first reach into Canada after years of selling its international portfolio of wines across the country. Monnin is the head winemaker for Boutinot International,
Allison Spurrell has been in the retail cheese industry since 1987, when she and her mother, Alice Spurrell, founded the award-winning Vancouver cheese shop Les Amis du Fromage. Allison shares her formidable cheese knowledge with our avid newsletter followers
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