Here's the best advice anyone can give you about which wines to serve for Christmas dinner: get out and purchase them this weekend before the pressure of Christmas Eve arrives and stocks are depleted and the store clerks are frazzled. Today's picks will
One of British Columbia's first full-size private liquor stores has opened in Victoria. Liquor Plus is located at the corner of Douglas and Topaz, near downtown Victoria. Liquor Plus offers a wide selection of beers, wines and spirits. The 7,500 square
There are many Port wine styles to choose from but the champion no-fuss, no-muss styles, in essence designed for holiday entertaining, are vintage character and late-bottled vintage (LBV). The thought behind vintage character Port is to try and offer
The results of the Air New Zealand Wine Awards are out but don't look for many winners in B.C. government stores. New Zealand's brightest have long since given up trying to sell their top wines in B.C. To put it bluntly it's way too much work for way
Today we continue our search for good-quality, inexpensive wine for home entertaining over the holidays. Readers I hear from are generally split on what an inexpensive wine is. For some it has to be under $10, others will spend up to $12 and, in some
There are only three weekends left before Christmas and that means its time to get serious about picking up all those wines you will be entertaining with during the holidays. There's no need for panic but there's work to be done and the sooner you get
Today we begin a month-long look at wines for the holiday season. It seems everyone I meet wants to know what to buy and serve at this time of the year and, for the most part, they would prefer to spend as little money as possible. Spending less shouldn't
Today we link the pristine vineyards and green philosophy of New Zealand's wine industry with the move to sustainable, organic viticulture in California's vineyards. Our tasting features six wines; three labels hail from Brancott Vineyards, perhaps better
SPARKLING 87/100 Codorníu Clásico Brut N/VSant Sadurní d'Anoia, Penedès, Cataluna, SpainClásico Brut represent terrific value in sparkling wine. Fresh clean with just a hint of residual sugar to soften the front end and give it wide consumer appeal.
After the warmest summer of my 25 vintages with Columbia Winery, there was every reason to expect an early start and swift conclusion to the harvest. The first grapes were picked on September 6th, about a week earlier than usual, and two surprising incursions
Fire and ice are two words you could use to describe the year Okanagan Valley wine producers have experienced, although most would prefer to use the more important descriptor -- quality. Despite the smoke and life-threatening fires, the 2003 harvest
95/100 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve To Kalon Vineyard 1999Napa Valley, California, United StatesA select limited bottling from the finest cabernet sauvignon grapes of this vineyard, primarily from a section of 35-year-old vines. The flavours
The decision to postpone the dismantling of the B.C. government liquor monopoly left a bitter taste in many mouths last month, not the least of them being the wine drinking community. After nearly three years of uncertainty, downsizing and zero retail
Today we turn our attention Down Under and to a pair of well established Australian producers: Wirra Wirra and Peter Lehmann. Both fall into what I would describe as an emerging level of mature New World wineries entering the British Columbia market. Despite
If you were given the task to design a grape that would produce some of the world's most long-lived and powerful wines, it seems unlikely that you would think about crossing a white grape with a red grape to accomplish your goals. Yet that's exactly
SPARKLING 86/100 Freixenet Carta Nevada Extra Dry N/VSant Sadurní d'Anoia, Penedès, Cataluna, SpainLook for a creamy mineral, apple scented sparkler with a nutty, dry edge. The taste profile is similar with fresh green apples and a mineral nutty flavour.
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