There are many reasons to celebrate and enjoy a glass of white wine in May. The 5th is International Sauvignon Blanc Day, the 17th is Pinot Grigio Day, and the 25th is Chardonnay Day. Who needs any more reasons than that to raise a glass? White
When someone mentions tango, gaucho, pampas, or asado, it’s easy to think of Argentina. However, when the wine is the subject, malbec is the word that best elicits modern day Argentina. Today malbec accounts for approximately 40 percent of red grape
We caught up with Laura Catena, fourth generation and Managing Director of Bodega Catena Zapata, at the recent Vancouver International Wine Festival, where she was inundated by malbec and Catena Zapata fans as she stood by her booth. It's no wonder
This month's top ten looks at the top rosés the GOW team has recently tasted, highlighting some of the first releases from the promising 2022 vintage. 94/100Gérard Bertrand Clos du Temple Rosé Viognier 2020Cabrières,
The Drouhin label is one of noble heritage. Burgundian Laurent Drouhin was in Vancouver this month to talk about the family wines, a surprising number of which you can buy in BCL stores, which is a pleasant surprise. Laurent lives in New York and
There's more to Jerez than its famous fortified wines, and this month's cheese pick Sherry Cask is an excellent example. This is a new creation of Alimentias, a cheesemaker in southern Spain. It is made from raw sheep's milk collected from neighbouring
It is not the principles of the Vancouver International Wine Festival that have allowed it to endure beyond four decades, but rather it's the principals. Next week, North America's longest and most successful wine show, which began in 1979, returns at
We seldom talk about the aging of wine because so few people do. Time, money and space are all factors that affect why most wines are drunk within hours of purchase. It is a shame, given there is so much more to know about wine as it ages. However,
Just a few years into being able to resell fine wines online, Iron Gate Auctions saw several million-dollar auctions at the beginning of 2023. Collectors are clearly responding to the chance to have a wine after-market with fair pricing and verified provenance.
Epoisses is famous in the cheese world for being one of France's strongest washed rind cheeses. Regardless of its ripeness, it is always full-flavoured and relatively strong-smelling. If it is quite ripe, which isn't uncommon if you are buying it in Canada,
North America's largest consumer and trade wine show, the Vancouver International Wine Festival, returns this year, running April 22 to 30, later than its usual end-of-February position on the calendar, a date it will return to next year. Another temporary
We are pleased that we can give our readers the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to the now sold out PICA Kitchen Party 11:30am - 1:30pm, Saturday, April 29, 2023 at this year's Vancouver International Wine Festival. Attendees will discover the unique
Few local wineries think out of the box when it comes to marketing. However, those who do often get more bang for their buck because of the significant international interest in British Columbia wine country and its fundamentally natural environment.
Sometimes the best theme is no theme. If you haven't noticed, our daily tasting notes on GOW usually have some pattern, be it grape, style, region, subregion or country. This week we will do something simpler for the Top Ten, namely ten wines that have
Traditionally prized for long-lived and sun-driven red wines, Spain has had a white awakening of late, with forward-thinking producers planting ever higher, cooler sites to white grapes. It’s not solely the threat of climate change prompting the
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