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
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
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
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
The international wine world pours into Vancouver this weekend in advance of the city's annual week-long convention of the grape. And as they have for well over two decades, the visitors will uncork, or twist the top off, the latest in wine from most
South Africa begins a new era in Vancouver this month with a much-needed boost from its designation as the theme country at the 27th Playhouse International Wine Festival. Post-apartheid South African wines have struggled in British Columbia for many
If there's anything positive coming out of the demise of the current NHL season, it might be the free nights and heavy wallets that are migrating to the tables of Vancouver restaurants and various local food and wine events. Certainly, the Vancouver
Every time you walk into a wine store in B.C., you should pick up a bottle of Yellowtail chardonnay or shiraz and give thanks to its success. The runaway brand (sales worldwide will top 12.5 million cases in 2005) has awakened a slew of sleepy
Monday is Valentine's Day so you still have a few hours to get organized, although reservations at this late date in a fine restaurant may be out of the question. But you can still spring for a serious bottle of wine and find some time to sit down and
It's back to new listings this week specially singled out by government buyers to catch your interest. You should be able to find each pick among the special displays in 25 designated government liquor stores. The stores involved in the New Releases
It's not very often one has the opportunity to sit down and taste a series of vintages from a single wine (a vertical tasting) that spans 50 years of wine growing, but it happened this week in Vancouver thanks to winemaker Sue Hodder and the people at
The annual Taste of Australian Wine Fair returns to Vancouver next Tuesday evening to what organizers expect will be a sell-out crowd of 450. When it comes to imported wine, Australia rules in B.C. At the end of September, 2004 a 12-month running total
Everybody wants to uncover a best buy when they go wine shopping. But what is a best buy? If, like me, you believe best buys are about value, that means the moniker could include wines of all prices. That's a far cry from the inexpensive, under-$10 wines
Temperatures plunged across the province this week, jump-starting the 2004 Okanagan icewine harvest -- even if it's already 2005. According to winemaker Tilman Hainle conditions were perfect for an icewine harvest, "it was cold enough that we had plenty
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