87 40 Knots Pinot Gris 2010 Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, CanadaBC $22.00 winery direct or private wine storesSlightly fresher, cleaner version of the '09 with more floral notes. The attack is fresh with ripe red apple fruit and bits
The BC wine industry announced 17 new sub-appellations today: two in the Similkameen, four on Vancouver Island, two in the Lower Mainland and nine in the Okanagan Valley. Speaking for the group was long time grower and terrorist Place Matters. Mr. Matters
You would think after decades in the market the wines of Alsace would be firmly established in British Columbia wine stores. Yet the category continues to sputter and that's after some considerable help from local sommeliers who often go out of their
SPARKLING 87 Real de Aragon Cava N/V Macabeo - Parellada - Xarello Penedès, Catalunya, Spain BC $15.00 specialty listing, MB $15.00, NF $15.00, QC $14.00 Medium fine mousse with lemon, almond, quince, floral, nutty aromas. Fresh, crisp, juicy,
Let's see: pen, notebook, iPhone, my recorder app, cam-era, sensible shoes and now sun glasses, swim suit and sun tan lotion. After all these years of trying to convince people tasting wine is tough, plodding, serious work, the Francis Ford Coppola Winery
If you want to know how hot wine is in British Columbia, the latest BCLDB figures for the last 12 months reveal wine sales are a stone's throw from $1 billion. Not bad for a sketchy economy and a stifling work environment where marketing and
The Chileans have come and gone, but not before grabbing the bit between their teeth, so to speak, and running an extra furlong or two at the 34th Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival. Aurelio Montes (Montes Wines), Eduardo Chadwick (Vina Errazuriz), Alvaro
There is little doubt that the Cabernet Sauvignon grape is responsible for some of the biggest (tannic) wines on the planet. Cabernet is the underlying grape theme at this year Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, and I'm betting many attendees
The Playhouse International Wine Festival begins Monday amid speculation surrounding the B.C. government's intentions to divest itself of its warehouse and distribution assets as they pertain to liquor. I stress the word distribution because, as far as
We love value at Gismondi on Wine but we also know that value comes at all price points. Because we taste some three thousand wines a year, record notes and keep track of the scores we have an impressive database from which to choose our favourite value
The BC budget was announced today and the government looks as if it will shed its liquor distribution centres and pocket the money from the sale of the property. This will change very little if anything for the consumers although many would suggest delivery
A significant portion of the international wine world is on its way to North America, and eventually, 175 winery principals will make their way to Vancouver, a week Monday, for the 34th Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. It has me thinking
91 Tantalus Old Vines Riesling 2008 Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaBC $30.00 specialty listingOld Vines is the definition of iconoclastic. Freethinking and individualistic, the fruit (essentially grown organically) comes off a single block planted
There is a great deal of optimism that Bill C-311, a private member's bill pro-posed by Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Dan Albas, will eventually pass through Parliament and quash a 1920s ban on the inter-provincial movement of liquor. But will the provincial
If you live on the edge of wine chances are you have already been discussing the concept of natural wines. If not, get ready, because "natural" is fast becoming a buzzword even in the sleepy, let's-not-change-a-thing varietal wine world. What
I enjoyed reading the olive oil stories that appeared in The Sun earlier this week and the push we were given to become savvier oil buyers. (If you missed it, you can still access the story online: vancouversun. com/life.) I'm a big fan of olive oil,
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