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
Taylor, Fonseca and Croft declared a 2016 Vintage Port today in what was probably the worse kept secret in the business. Following months of speculation, and following a long tradition, the declaration was made on St Georges Day, the 23rd April, 2018. Taylor's
Okanagan-based Poplar Grove Winery has named Ingo Grady as Estate Director. A 30-year industry veteran, Grady previously held senior executive roles at Grady Wine Marketing, Mission Hill Family Estate, and Phantom Creek Estates. As Estate Director, he
This week the GOW Top Ten returns to the Next World pinot noir category in search of silky, round, inviting pinot to get you through the spring. The list of high potential pinot noir provenance continues to expand in our view including Central Otago,
Treve is in London tasting at the International Wine Challenge while I hold down the office amid ever-changing cool, wet, sunny, warm, spring weather in Vancouver. If you are ready to slowly move off those rich winter reds to something just a little lighter
The death of Cellared in Canada or (CiC) wines was a long time coming. After grabbing hundreds of millions of dollars in income for producers while causing even more damage to the image of Canadian wine, the wine that never had anything to do with authentic
We visited six different producers from around the wine world during the 2018 Vancouver International Wine Festival. Listen in and watch as we uncover tidbits of valuable information about their wines and wineries. Kendall Jackson - Winemaker Randy Ullom
It is said, for better or worse, that cabernet sauvignon makes some of the biggest wines on the planet. The physical nature of cabernet tends to be robust, angular and tannic in youth, and while it mellows with age, even the finest cabernet sauvignon
Another Vancouver International Wine Festival has come and gone. The Portuguese and Spanish put on a great show (read they sent many of their top producers and they brought some amazing wines) and frankly have issued a major challenge to next year’s
Tempranillo and chardonnay seem strange bedfellows, but in the North-East of Spain, between Rioja and Bordeaux, Arínzano Estate grows both varieties to produce singular wines. The goal is to create wines that express the singular character of the
The Symington family, with Scottish, English and Portuguese ancestry has been present in the Douro for five generations, since 1882. We catch up with Rupert Symington at his very busy booth at the Vancouver International Wine Festival to talk about a
Castello di Gabbiano has been a part of the Tuscan landscape since 1124 and with a winemaker who is a true Tuscan son - Federico Cerelli was born in Florence - it is as authentic as they come. With 140ha of vineyards in the Chianti Classico region, it
Monte Creek Ranch Winery is at the Vancouver International Wine Festival for the first time. Which is fitting as it's challenging the edges of cool climate viticulture in the newly forged British Columbia wine region, Thompson Valley. Anthony Gismondi
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