Down Under wines will be the fare of the day Jan. 22 at the Australia Day Wine Fair at the Westin Bayshore. The public event runs from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and will include Australian wine, food, music and people. Interestingly, this year's focus will be on
It's no coincidence we begin the New Year with a look at one of the leading inexpensive wine brands in the world today -- Casillero del Diablo by Chilean wine giant Concha y Toro. With vineyards overflowing world wide you can expect to see a lot more
Cold, harsh winter weather has always benefited wine growers in Canada. Not only does it act as the perfect natural pesticide, but the freezing temperatures that blanket our vineyards most winters yield a much richer reward in the form of a super-sweet
Gismondi on Wine Our 2003 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 for the
Despite the advent of "two-buck Chuck" and its many imitators in the U.S., quality wine that sells for less than $10 Canadian dollars is almost extinct. In fact in the case of authentic grown in Canada wine it is nearly impossible to find anything under
The last time I checked, Canadians were drinking French champagne at the rate of about three million bottles annually or roughly one bottle a year between 10 of us. It's a pathetic number when you consider the 59.1 million citizens of the United Kingdom
Of all the grape varieties grown on this planet few rival well-made, fully ripe pinot noir for its sheer drinking pleasure. Locating such an example, a task usually referred to as searching for the perfect pinot, is no easy undertaking. Often
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.
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