Okanagan Wine Festivals' 2005 Best of Varietal The 11th Okanagan Spring Wine Festival announced the results today at a special industry awards ceremony for the 2005 Best of Varietal Judging Competition sponsored by Metro Label and Columbia Packaging.
WHITES 87 Flagstone Noon Gun 2004 Riesling - Chenin Blanc - Chardonnay - Pinot Blanc - Sauvignon Blanc - SemillonWestern Cape, South AfricaBC $12.99 SpecialtyAnother 'everything but the kitchen sink' white blend made from six grapes. The nose
California wine producers, still reeling from the unanticipated demand for pinot noir generated by the hit movie Sideways, are bracing for another wave of buyers with the release of the wine-country comedy in video stores. Sideways follows unrecovered
If, like me, you believe the new red wine is white, sauvignon blanc is well-positioned to take advantage of the natural pendulum swing that will lead opinion makers and leading edge wine sippers away from red and back to white wine this year. But
Which are the best-tasting, least-expensive wines on the market? It's the question I am asked most by consumers and while I don't mind sharing my picks, the truth is there are very few wines under $10 that are worth drinking. Government taxes are a part
Wine drinkers with a bent for local wines will want to take advantage of a rare Vancouver appearance of just about every producer making wine on the Okanagan Valley's Naramata Bench. In all, 13 wineries will be in Vancouver this Tuesday evening when
VQA producers and B.C. liquor stores worked together last November to release a number of top-rated, hard-to-find, local wines in what turned out to be a wildly successful retail promotion. The process repeats April 16 in select government stores, albeit
The following is an 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 ― that means the chardonnay will appear before the pinot noir
It's easy to get carried away when you are tasting the "home town" wines if only because you want them to show well, but that's why we go to great lengths to taste most B.C. wines alongside similar wines from the rest of the world. At gismondionwine.com
There is something about wine that brings out the worst in cliches. As I was pondering today's picks, I was somewhat reticent to write that there's never been a better time to be a wine drinker. As dreary as the words may look on paper, there really
Montreal, Quebec, March 31, 2005 ─ The official Wines of France website www.wines-france.com introduced in 2004 by the French Wines Trade Council (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins or "ONIVINS") has just launched four new languages
Coming off a remarkable sales performance spearheaded by huge interest in South Africa, the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival has announced that next year's festival, scheduled for Feb. 27 to March 5, will feature the theme regions of France. The
Beginning April 1, the provincial government will embark on two new initiatives to support B.C.'s wine and hospitality industries -- although they may turn out to be anything but supportive. In a statement released by the Solicitor General's office "wineries
The 27th Playhouse International Wine Festival was essentially sold out before it started this week -- capping perhaps its most successful year since its inception back in 1979. No hockey, a ravenous demand by a sizeable expatriate South African population
French extremists who sympathize with local wine producers have taken to marketing their wine in an explosive new way. Both Just Drinks and Decanter are reporting a bomb blast at La Baume winery in the Languedoc region of the south of France
Thanks to Alexander Payne's wine-stained, Oscar-nominated movie Sideways, organizers of next week's Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival should probably prepare for a run on pinot noir. Even though South Africa is the theme region and sauvignon
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