A year away from its 30th birthday, the week-long annual grape bash has never been more popular or better accepted by the public. Canada's premier wine show, and believe me no one is close to topping this event, is all but sold out as the international
Much has been said about Australia, the upcoming theme of the 29th Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, but when the tasting doors open at the end of the month the underlying theme for the week, the riesling grape, could steal the show. In
It's wine festival month, and while normally we would be writing about which event you might want to attend it seems you already want to go to everything -- and you have been busy buying tickets in record numbers. It would also appear Australia is as
If you are one of those people with too much money on your hands and you are currently mulling over the prospect of opening a B.C. winery, you may want to heed the blueprint of one of the Okanagan's biggest success stories, Sandhill. It's not often that
In moments when the global wine-industry makes definitive focus on increasingly premium products, and on the relevance of appellation, Viña Tabalí closed the operation of acquisition of Viña Leyda. With this fact, the group puts its feet down on both
Women were front and centre this week in Vancouver from Finance Minister Carole Taylor whose budget gave us a back a tiny fraction of the exorbitant taxes applied to wine in B.C., to an impressive group of globetrotting wine woman here to sell their product. I
WHITE 90 Thornhaven Gewurztraminer 2005 Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaBC $13.90 winery directCould this wine be better than last year? Now one of the best in province on a consistent basis if you like gewürztraminer Thornhaven is the place
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
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