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
It goes without saying that any winery that controls its fruit sources is a winery with all the tools required to make serious wine. Today Okanagan Crush Pad Winery owners Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie moved to secure their fruit sources by adding
The British Columbia wine industry just hit a major home run on the international wine stage and it has nothing to do with gold medals. It’s much bigger than that. Phantom Creek Estates, yet to release a single bottle of wine, has signed a long-term
It takes a village to raise a wine and it would appear the good burghers of Naramata have finally agreed to lay down some boundaries around their village. Let's hope it gets done soon because there is so much more to do. Here is the official release. For
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