BC Liquor Stores (aka the government) are touting a small but growing selection of organic products available in stores this month and they are asking you to "Think Green, Shop Smart" by carrying out your purchases without a bag or, at the very least,
My, my, my, the price of wine continues to spark conversation all over town. Last week I suggested European prices couldn't go up any faster than U.S. prices were coming down (which isn't much) but I did say, don't bet against it. This week comes
Our current Top Ten tasted plus ties...ag 89 Wild Goose Gewurztraminer Mystic River Vineyard 2006 Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada BC $22.95 winery direct, VQA and private wine shops Mystic River gewürztraminer comes from farther
The Wine spectator has released a further update on the Brunello scandal at http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Features/0,1197,4325,00.html And in another statement made on on April 10, London based MW David Gleave MW and wine importer Liberty
I was warned this week that the rising Euro is about to wreak havoc with the price of European wine exports, namely those coming out of Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Portugal et al. If I didn't know better I would think it's just a smoke screen
Top-flight Valpolicella producer Allegrini is leaving its beloved Valpolicella Classico denomination or DOC because regulators will not allowed Valpolicella Classico to be bottle under screwcap. As a result the leading estates Valpolicella Classico will
The following is our A-Z guide of the Best B.C Wines we have tasted in the past six months. The wines are organised by winery and within each set the reviews are sorted by grape variety. Please note - the minimum score required to make our list is 87
The oft-repeated wine axiom -- delivered with a certain smugness by some French producers -- that all champagne is sparkling wine, but not all sparkling wine is champagne, lost a lot of its lustre last month with the news that the French government has
The 28th California Wine Fair is in town this week and, by rights, I should be writing about California wines today -- but I'm going to wait another week or two to see what's new from the Golden State. I'm particularly interested in trying to understand
WHITE 87 Clava Sauvignon Blanc 2007 Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, Chile BC $14.99 speculative listing - Winspeer Floral, grapefruit rind, mineral, passion fruit aromas with a touch of lemon. Round, ripe, elegant and fresh with
Last month, a regular reader of this column came up to me at the wine festival and demanded to know whether the wine scores that appear with the notes in this column are based on the six wines in the tasting, or whether they stem from a wider picture,
Piero Antinori, the man who made the term "super Tuscan" global, was one of the stars of last month's 30th Playhouse wine fest. The soft-spoken, clear-thinking Tuscan wowed an audience of nearly 200 consumers with a wide range of wine that took tasters
Every once in a while when all the stars align, clever people make good wine and somehow it gets to British Columbia. Espelt is just such a winery that has quietly arrived in B.C. Liquor stores -- at least, one of its labels has, with another expected
The festival got off to a quick start this week with a casual kickoff at Earl's Paramount featuring the wines of Piero Antinori and export director Stefano Leone. Leone is one of 175 winery principals in Vancouver this week to attend the Vancouver Playhouse
Later this month the Playhouse wine fest welcomes 176 wineries from around the world. Despite an obvious bounty of selection it's going to take some effort to uncover the gems hidden in the tasting room. The sheer numbers of wineries and wines
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