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
It's no exaggeration to state that Robert Mondavi Winery jump-started the culture of wine in Vancouver after they agreed to be the first and only participant of the first wine festival in Vancouver in 1979. Frankly, Vancouver’s wine culture has
It’s been a busy summer at GOW that began with numerous trips to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. The 2018 WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada were completed along with a video update on Phantom Creek, hundreds of tasting
When we last left Phantom Creek Estate winery it wasn't much more than some drawings and a hole in the ground on the Black Sage Bench, just outside Oliver B.C. We returned this summer to track its progress, and a lot has happened. The 79,000 square foot
The 2018 Wine Align National Wine Awards are complete. The results of Canada’s largest competition for 100 percent Canadian grown wines are being published this week and next. This year's competition attracted over 1850 wines from
It’s all Canada this week at the 2018 Wine Align National Wine Awards, Canada’s largest competition for 100 percent Canadian grown wines. We have just completed the first round of The Nationals and tasting 1867 wines, now to be followed
We took to the opportunity to catch up with a diverse selection of wine folks at the recent annual Lifford Grand Tasting at the beautifully renovated Stanley Park Pavilion near the park’s famed Rose Garden. In all we selected 18 wines, one from
Malbec returns to our Top Ten list, and given that more than 75 percent of the world’s plantings are in Argentina, our focus this week is on Argie. The rush for malbec has flooded the marketplace with a lot of labels, some excellent, some commercial.
You still have a few days to pick up tickets and join us for dinner with Winemaker Mark Beringer, the great, great grandson of Jacob Beringer, at Glowbal Telus Gardens. Tickets are $150 per person, taxes, fees and gratuities included. It should be a great
BC Liquor Stores will celebrate California wines this weekend with a major release of some of the best reds made in the sunshine state. This Saturday at 9:30 a.m., BC Liquor Stores will release a wide selection of wines from the 2014 vintage, thought