A Taste of Black Rock Resort has come and gone and so, too, have nearly 100 lucky Vancouver Sun subscribers who joined us in Ucluelet last weekend to taste wine, dine, hike and enjoy the fabulous West Coast lifestyle. After spending three days with so
Eduardo Chadwick grew up in the shadows of the 6,959 metre high Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Southern Hemisphere. Some 50 years later, his winery - Viña Errazuriz - has taken up the Aconcagua (pronounced ACK-Can-COW-ah) mantle placing the
As the 2011 Okanagan Wine Festival winds down, most wineries will only be starting to get into the thick of the harvest. Most of the early-picked grapes harvested over the last 10 days, and even that's not so early, are deliberately picked at lower sugars
When Americans start talking about taxing the rich and removing personal tax deductions such as mortgage payments, the economy is moving into a sector few if any living experts have ever experienced. We can argue over whether we are in another downturn,
The quote of the year in the wine business, at least so far, appeared in an online Decanter magazine story earlier this week covering the 2011 harvest in Bordeaux. An unnamed Bordeaux producer of a renowned left bank château was quoted as saying, '"We
The Chenin Blanc Association of South Africa traces the history of its prized grape as far back as the ninth century to the Anjou, Loire Valley region in France. It was likely referred to as Chenere before it was renamed Chenin Blanc, after Mont Chenin
Earlier this summer, I was one of two dozen judges at the 6th Wine Access International Value Wine Awards (IVWA) competition in Calgary. The blind tasting event is run by Wine Access Magazine out of Calgary, where I have been the Vancouver-based editor-in
Local wine is in the news this week, and surprise, surprise, the story isn't all that positive. It seems consumers are balking at the price of B.C. wine in general and high-priced "trophy" wines are not moving at all. Local wine has had a good run for
From Johannes Selbach... With sadness I have to report that our 2011 vintage took a beating, just before the finishing line. We were looking forward to a very good and finally plentiful crop. Take a look at youtube and type in Hagel
As the last days of carefree summer living slip into the longer cooler days of autumn, I wanted to be sure we covered off the ultimate summer sipper, the noble Riesling. You might be surprised to know that only a century ago Riesling was the
It was not all that long ago, 2004 to be exact, when Merlot had become the whipping boy of the wine industry. Overproduced and under-flavoured, it was infamously damned in the movie Sideways during a pre-dinner scene when would-be novelist and Pinot Noir
Earlier this spring I was contemplating a lineup of summer columns that would more or less match the weather. The annual arrival of at least some moderate heat would have allowed for an orderly transition from big reds to fresher, lighter summer wines.
It is finally summer in British Columbia and stories about wine are beginning to lighten up to match the style of wine we enjoy most during warm, sunny weather. My favourite wine news of the week comes from The Body Odd on msnbc.com. It seems researchers
I'm turning to some personal favourites this weekend that really over-deliver for the price. The wine world is full of high scores for high-priced wine, but it is a lot more difficult to source medium-to high-quality wines at moderate prices. By that
I find it ironic when Penfolds chief winemaker Peter Gago says, "it's important not to fall into the trap of drinking only your own wines. You must have benchmarks against which to measure your own achievements," if only because many of his wines set
Today we continue our something different for summer wine theme, particularly for those of you who reach for the same label every week. It may seem odd but reaching for a conservative European wine label might be all that is required to begin a new odyssey
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