A cross-section of local vintners were in the city this week, and they came armed with information like statistics and well, words such as phenolics, degree days and vintage variation. Best of all, they brought the first wines of 2011. Annual
The 32nd annual California Wine Fair, the single largest wine tour to cross this country, touches down in Vancouver this week at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre East. An astounding 120 California producers will be at the show representing wineries
Easter arrives Sunday and if, like many families, you use the occasion to gather the clan in a social setting, the focus is most likely to be food and wine. With the two big turkey holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) behind us, the question is: will
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
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