It's a rare week that includes even one visiting French vintner in Vancouver. So you have to ask, how is that nearly 40 vignerons, from all parts of France, including several bio-dynamic producers, found there way to Colombie-Britannique this week and
There's something about Spanish wine that seems right for our current palate. Not that it's causing a head-long rush in wine shops, like Australia, but it's a steady movement. Maybe it's the small producers, the non-conformity, the plethora of grapes,
It's time to get serious about the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival if you are planning on attending any of this year's events. The 29th edition celebrates Australia as its theme and it will also focus on the riesling grape, both inside
It was 1998 when Florence-based Piero Antinori made the decision to invest in the southern Italian region of Puglia. Now, after almost a decade of hard work, the results of the Tormaresca initiative are beginning to arrive in Canada. Viticulture is nothing
The Canadian wine industry was toasted then roasted last week by one of the most influential wine writers in the business. Jancis Robinson, surely England's brightest wine scribe, was in Ontario, at the behest of Toronto-based sommeliers Zoltan and John
The combination of storms and the first cold weather of the year, here in the Lower Mainland, had me thinking about port this week. Inspired, I re-tasted some old favourites, and few new labels, and as it happens, the results fall into two neat categories
It's that time of the year when many of us take stock of our business and plan for the future. Trends are ascertained; actions taken. When it comes to wine, trending is probably a better word since few things relating to grapes happen overnight. Take
To the uninitiated the difference between champagne and sparkling is usually measured in dollars. The former will run you $45 and up while the latter can be had for as little as $12, although you can easily spend $30 to $40 on top end sparkling wine. In
Gismondi on Wine Our 2006 Top 100 by Anthony Gismondi and Stuart Tobe We taste thousands of wines a year including a large number of wines that are no longer available through traditional retail channels. This list is our top 100 picks that
Procrastination, its such great word. If you say it slow enough you can almost feel yourself procrastinating. If you've been reading this column for the last month or so you won't need today's picks but if for some reason you've put off that trip to the
BUBBLE 87 Deinhard Lila Riesling Brut Sekt N/V Rheinhessen, GermanyAB $11.00; BC $13.99 specialty listing; ON $12.95It's difficult not to like a sparkling wine that offers taste and style for such a small price, but that's what you get from the Deinhard
There's nothing more frustrating than an empty shelf in a wine store, especially if the vacancy is the wine you were hoping to buy. I know there's still nine days to go before the big day and shelves will be restocked daily, but not a lot of new wine
It's week four of our ongoing holiday wine guide and since everyone seems to be asking about gift ideas at this juncture, today's topic is just that. It would appear $20 to $30 is the appropriate amount for wine gifts destined for the wine-savvy crowd
87 Arrowleaf Gewurztraminer 2005 Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada BC $15.90 winery direct, VQA and private wine shops The Arrowleaf gewürztraminer is consistently floral on the nose with light spicy sausage nose flecked with peach. Fresh
It's been red wine season for 15 full years in North America or ever since CBS News dedicated a segment of its popular weekly program 60 Minutes to the French paradox in November 1991. When American and French researchers suggested there might be a relationship
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