Gismondi on Wine is expanding. This month we welcome two new contributors to help us better cover the world of wine. Increased travel, a burgeoning local scene, and as many of you know, an almost incomprehensible retail market has caused us to widen our
School's out for summer, and we are back, or mostly back, in BC for a couple of months. I'll be travelling in the Okanagan and Washington to shoot some videos and explore, while Treve will be moving about the country and across the border into Oregon
Welcome back to Gismondi on Wine. Both Treve and I have been travelling early and often in 2019, but we have posted hundreds of Tasting Notes since January on a variety of wines. Did you know that if you click on READ FULL NOTE below any wine that appears
Climate change is a hot button topic worldwide and, as you might have guessed, also in the wine business, which is essentially farm-based and at the front lines. We reported in The Vancouver Sun on an important announcement made last month in response
Close your eyes for a moment and January is almost gone. I’ve been on Vancouver Island tasting and Treve has been touring Chile while behind the scenes we are already gearing up for the Vancouver International Wine Festival at the end of February.
With so many new wine regions and sub-regions proclaiming the virtues of their terroir and wines daily we wanted to step back from the noise for a bit and look at how older, established wine regions are coping with the 24/7 competition and the change
Happy Year from all of us at GOW, we hope 2019 has wonderful things in store for you and your family. Our plans are more of the same, to bring you daily wine reviews with perspective and experience and to report the stories behind the wines we most enjoy.
The Holidays are upon us and while I know some of you think our life is holiday we will be slowing down for few days to spend time with family and friends. We will post both wine notes and stories sporadically over the next week and then get after it
With so many new wine regions and sub-regions proclaiming the virtues of their special terroir and wines daily we wanted to step back from the noise for a bit and look at how older, established wine regions are coping with worldwide competition and the
Each week, until mid-December, we are releasing a short film in which we take a closer look at an Italian wine region, filming it through the eyes of the people who are making the wines. In this episode, we visit the Luce della Vite estate and catch up
Big news from Okanagan Crush Pad (OCP) as they have earned a slot in Decanter Magazine’s prestigious year end list of the Most Exciting Wines of 2018, placing in the top 10. In the just released January 2019 issue, Decanter's experts from around
Each week, until mid-December, we are releasing a short film in which we take a closer look at an Italian wine region, filming it through the eyes of the people who are making the wines in them. In this episode, we travelled to the Montalcino region
In a brief release today Von Mandl Family Estates, founded by Anthony von Mandl, announced it has acquired Road 13 Winery from the Luckhurst Family. The acclaimed south Okanagan winery founded by Pam and Mick Luckhurst is the 2018 National Wine Awards
The BC Wine Authority has today made public the results of the vote conducted earlier this fall regarding the proposal to create a Naramata Bench Sub Geographical Indicator, regulated by the BCWA. The vote was conducted over a 6-week period and required
Each week, until December, we are releasing a short film in which we take a closer look at an Italian wine region, filming it through the eyes of the people who are making the wines. In this episode the crew headed for Guado al Tasso, a 1000-hectare estate,
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