Later this month, Argentina will co-host the 2010 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, along with New Zealand. The timing couldn't be better for the South American wine giant, whose remarkable collection of high altitude vineyards and juicy
After 29 years of bringing the wine world to consumers, the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival reached out to trade attendees in 2007 and launched what is now an annual symposium to address in a more academic setting some of the major issues
Two unrelated observations this week as the city's wine trade continues to prepare for the largest wine show in its history to arrive next month - the 32nd Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. From a government perspective, this year's
The 2010 Olympics and Paralympics hijacked much of the normal late winter and early spring wine calendar in Vancouver, including shifting the regular timeline of the annual Playhouse International Wine Festival. Year 32 commences about a month from now,
Earlier this week the San Francisco Chronicle suggested that in the Napa Valley, "2010 may be a vintage year for foreclosures as the wine industry is squeezed by falling land values and a consumer shift to cheaper brands." Napa land values have
Over the last couple of weeks, a significant wine fraud was uncovered in the south of France involving a dozen executives in the Languedoc wine industry and fake Pinot Noir they sold to Modesto, California-based winery E&J Gallo. Claude Courset of the
My goal this week is to embrace the Vanoc good host strategy and encourage you to try to be a great food and wine host for the Games. There is little doubt Vancouver is the most cosmopolitan food and wine city to ever host a Winter Olympics, and it comes
Earlier this month, I was invited to join a Canadian contingent of wine critics to judge at the seventh Wines of Chile Awards. Each year, the Chileans organize a rotating panel of critics from their leading export markets, hoping to gain some insight
We head back to the Rhone this week for one simple reason: real value. The current price-quality-ratio in the southern Rhone is one of the best in the business with particular emphasis on the quality side. Most everyone in the wine business (and you can
Today, a few thoughts on wine prices for 2010, beginning with the No. 1 question in the business: How much are you, the consumer, prepared to pay for wine on a regular basis? And when will restaurants return to buying wine and beef up inventories? If
As much as I enjoy a good glass of tempranillo (pronounced tempera-KNEEL yoh), I am confident 2010 will not change its global status, which is somewhere between what did you say and not very well known. The good news is this noble Spanish variety will
It's been a tumultuous decade for wine, beginning with a champagne meltdown in 2000 and finishing with a similar scenario in 2009. In between we saw the rising prowess of New World producers in California, Australia, Chile and Argentina coupled with seemingly
An overstocked and overinflated global champagne market means many more people are likely to greet 2010 on New Year's Eve with a glass of champagne than perhaps retailers first thought. Prices have tumbled in most major cities around the world. In London,
I can confirm it is officially panic time for gift givers who have left their holiday shopping list too late. The good news is, bargains abound in BC Liquor stores. Okay, bargain may be too strong a word, but prices are softening and if you have the time
Week four of our holiday wine guide looks at the ever popular varietal wine categories. Perhaps classic may be too strong a word, but before the introduction of blends, aromatics and off-the-beaten-track bottles, buying wine by grape variety was marketed
Most of you will attend at least one, if not several, holiday parties this month and to make sure you do not arrive empty-handed, we have come up with a number of gift ideas for the host. Hostess gifts are hardly obligatory, but during the holidays,
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