Australian Wine Experience returns to Vancouver's historic Gastown neighbourhood Oct. 4 with some 250 wines to sample. The stand-up, walk-about tasting that takes place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Storyeum, 151 Cordova in Gastown, has become an important
The Associated Press is reporting that Constellation Brands Inc. has launched a hostile bid late Tuesday to acquire Canadian wine producer Vincor International Inc. for C$1.4 billion ($1.2 billion). Reuters is reporting Vincor rejected the
By the time you read this, fall will have officially arrived and my desk should be cleared off. But for now I am desperately trying to remove months of press releases and other assorted notes to meet a self-imposed deadline to find my desktop (the physical
WHITES 88 Trio Sauvignon Blanc 2004 Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileBC $14.95 Special Order - Select Wine MerchantsRipe passion fruit, gooseberry, butter, kiwi aromas with a slightly smoky, grassy edge. Round, soft, elegant and clean with
91 Burrowing Owl Syrah 2003 Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaBC $29.95 WineryVery dark cherry colour. Big smoky, dried lychee, sausage meat aromas with peppery, licorice root, blackberry jam notes. Rich, round, fat and ripe with blackberry
I've come to the conclusions that the two largest impediments to enjoying wine as it affects most consumers is the quality of the corkscrew they own and the shape of the glass they are using when they drink wine. I say this now after travelling all summer,
Free trade has never been a phrase used to describe the convoluted business of selling liquor in Canada and as a result the provincial liquor monopolies, with the exception of Alberta's open market, rule the roost. Two weeks of traveling across southern
Local wine distributors were anticipating the colour of chic to be pink this summer. Unfortunately, the Vancouver port shutdown trapped much of that enthusiasm inside containers instead of where it looks best ― on city patios. Interest in rosé
Sideways, the movie, has come and gone from the big screen but not without having a significant impact on North American pinot noir sales. Almost overnight, the grape that was barely known outside the inner circle of wine-dom, has arrived in the glare
Lawrence Page, President of Saturna Island Family Estate Winery has announced the appointment of Daniel Lagnaz as winemaker. Mr. Lagnaz brings to this position 35 years of experience in all facets of winemaking. His experience has been gained in
Since the beginning of the year I have been busy exploring the growing global sauvignon blanc market. To be more precise I've tasted 107 examples of the cool white grape that in the 1970s was best known as chardonnay's poor cousin. How far sauvignon has
When Yalumba winemaker Jane Ferrari's was asked to fill in for boss Michael Hill Smith and conduct a winemaker's dinner in Vancouver last year she didn't hesitate to accept the offer. Ferrari later learned the dinner would be advertised as "The Viognier
When it takes a minimum three to four years to plant a vineyard, grow grapes and make your first wine, fashion is not a word wine growers throw about too freely. So while the nation may be dumping its sleek shades for this season's giant-sized sunglasses
In 2003, B.C. Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo consulted with the province's wine industry to establish an awards program that would honour excellence in wines made from 100-per-cent B.C.-grown grapes. The annual competition, supported and primarily administered
The practice of laying away wines to age in a cellar is a non-starter for most people today. Few, if any, have a suitable space to keep wine for any length of time and, more important, most reportedly consume more than 90 per cent of the wine they buy
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