It's year 43 for the Vancouver International Wine Festival, and while the show has been pared down as the wine industry returns from the pandemic, over 100 wineries are pouring 500 wines in the room. This week's expanded Top Ten highlights wines, wineries
It’s great to focus on wine-friendly cheeses occasionally, and what better reason than the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Of course, I’m a firm believer in pairing however you like, but personally, I have a few things I always look
After a two-year interruption, the California Wine Fair returned to Vancouver on April 25th. Sustainability was front and centre, with the focus on the Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing program. 80 percent of California wine is now certified
Thankfully, we no longer have to dream of California, with many of us back flying to wineries in the Golden State and around the world. Locally, the California Wine Fair has returned to Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal for the first time since 2019. There's
The modern story of Chappellet began in 1967 when Donn and Molly Chappellet put their faith in the advice of legendary winemaker André Tchelistcheff who said he could make even better wines if he could get more grapes from the hills of Napa. So,
In 1996 after years of searching, Betty O'Shaughnessy began what today is O'Shaughnessy Estate Winery with the purchase of vineyards in Oakville. Soon thereafter she acquired vineyards on Howell Mountain, Mt. Veeder, and all three locations are at heart
Tablas Creek was developed by two families, the Perrin family, the proprietors of Château de Beaucastel, and the Haas family. The vision and belief were, that the Rhône varieties grown at Beaucastel in Chateauneuf-du-pape could thrive in California,
Ahead of the Premium California Wine Release at select BC Liquor Stores in May, we took the opportunity to interview several notable winemakers about the wines you'll find in store. We begin with the Baron Philippe de Rothchild and Robert Mondavi partnered
Gismondi on Wine has two tickets for Vancouver International Wine Festival's PICA Kitchen Party that we'd like to giveaway to a wine enthusiast. The event takes place Saturday, May 21, 11:30am -1:30pm inside the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, located
Transhumance is an amazing and ancient tradition whose rewards are enjoyed by consumers in the form of tasty mountain cheeses. A French word that comes from the Latin words, 'trans', 'across' and "humus', 'ground' it's the practice of taking herds
Winemaking has been a part of the Alois Lageder family history for more than one-hundred and fifty years and six generations. After many years of growing organically, the family took the winery one step beyond, dedicating it to biodynamic viticulture
We have been travelling BC wine routes for a month now, looking for anything that would suggest we are getting back to normal. Understaffed wineries will likely welcome a cool spring as they get just a little extra time to prepare for what we hope will
Five winners will each receive a pair of tickets to attend the California Wine Experience in Vancouver on Monday, April 25. From 7-9:30pm, at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, you'll have the opportunity to taste wines by region, enjoy small bites and meet
Sangiovese is a prolific Italian red grape, deriving its name from the Latin sanguis Jovis, the blood of Jupiter. Though it is the most important grape of central Italy, from Romagna through Lazio, Campania, and Sicily, it is more famous as the only component
Breaking News: Seasoned veteran Darryl Brooker returns to the BC wine industry after one-year away. Brooker dipped his toe in the cannabis pond for 12 months but has decided to return to his passion, wine. It was all pretty serendipitous. Co-owner Christine
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