It is finally summer in British Columbia and stories about wine are beginning to lighten up to match the style of wine we enjoy most during warm, sunny weather. My favourite wine news of the week comes from The Body Odd on msnbc.com. It seems researchers
I'm turning to some personal favourites this weekend that really over-deliver for the price. The wine world is full of high scores for high-priced wine, but it is a lot more difficult to source medium-to high-quality wines at moderate prices. By that
I find it ironic when Penfolds chief winemaker Peter Gago says, "it's important not to fall into the trap of drinking only your own wines. You must have benchmarks against which to measure your own achievements," if only because many of his wines set
Today we continue our something different for summer wine theme, particularly for those of you who reach for the same label every week. It may seem odd but reaching for a conservative European wine label might be all that is required to begin a new odyssey
As we celebrate the 144th anniversary of the founding of our country this weekend, it's fitting to do it with Canadian wine. For the most part that will mean British Columbia wine here in the West because frankly there are very few other Canadian wines
The every dog has its day idiom is hardly a flattering remark for any wine but if the shoe fits, well, why not wear it. Certainly rosé is enjoying its moment in the sun in what some would describe as a Wine 2.0 universe. I'm not surprised people
There's isn't much left to say about the Stanley Cup riots, but from someone who has written about wine for almost three decades, there's little doubt Vancouver's thriving wine community has been tarred with the same brush as everyone else when it comes
It's Father's Day weekend and our focus is on a varietal wine that is a favourite among dads, Cabernet Sauvignon. As I write this piece, I'm in Calgary, where Cabernet Sauvignon is surely the largest selling red wine in Alberta. It is no secret
One of the more hotly debated topics in the modern wine business is sustainable versus organic versus biodynamic grape production. All three are in full bloom, so to speak, in vineyards and the questions and positioning in each side of the debate makes
I've been travelling for most of the last two months and while I was on the road, the Manitoba government announced that it would be amenable to a pilot project allowing the sale of beer and wine in some of the province's grocery stores. Imagine buying
Just ahead of the Vancouver Canucks first run at the Stanley Cup in 17 years, we thought a few Stanley Cup wines, or should I say wines you can enjoy drinking while you watch the Stanley Cup, would be in order. I don't know about you, but the stress caused
What? It's the long weekend already. I guess that's what happens when it rains for weeks. Time slips away as elections come and go, the roof on BC Place grows larger every day and, meanwhile, we all stand around waiting for enough warmth to plant our
Today we wander toward the south of France into the new hierarchy of classified Languedoc wines. The bizarre system of wine classification in France has been under review since 2006 and plans are to roll out the completed changes by 2012. The new system
Rodney Strong, the dancer turned winemaker, died some 15 years ago but his spirit and foresight remains evident at his eponymous Sonoma County winery located just outside the town of Healdsburg, Calif. One of Strong's favourite quotes, and one
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