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,
Each week, until December, we're 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. This week, we visit Castello della Sala in Umbria, perched on a hilltop
Treve is at RAW Wine Montreal this week rubbing shoulders with the natural, organic and biodynamic producers from around the world, while I’m heading to Shanghai for few days to check out what kind of wine culture is blossoming in the city of 24
Each week, until December, we're releasing a short film in which we take a closer look at a renowned or emerging Italian wine region and we film it through the eyes of the people who are making the wines. Our latest adventure takes us to Puglia, a region
Each week, until December, we're releasing a short film in which we take a closer look at several Italian regions. Some you may know, others not as much, but we see them through the eyes of the people who are making the wines there. In our latest adventure
We begin our adventure in Italy's northernmost wine region, Alto Adige. It's an unheralded region and for a closer look, we toured the vineyards and winery of Alois Lageder. Its fifth generation CEO who bears the same name, knows this region well. Winemaking
The weather has changed across the west coast and while summer may return for a few days we are kicking into fall mode with new reviews and several new videos. First up is a six-part short series on the Legacy of Robert Mondavi. Just about anybody in