Here's the best advice anyone can give you about which wines to serve for Christmas dinner: get out and purchase them this weekend before the pressure of Christmas Eve arrives and stocks are depleted and the store clerks are frazzled. Today's picks will
One of British Columbia's first full-size private liquor stores has opened in Victoria. Liquor Plus is located at the corner of Douglas and Topaz, near downtown Victoria. Liquor Plus offers a wide selection of beers, wines and spirits. The 7,500 square
Canadian Author Wins World Cookbook Award Whitecap books and Bill Jones are pleased to announce that Chef's Salad, Bill's latest book has been chosen a winner at the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Chosen from over 3500 cookbook entries,
There are many Port wine styles to choose from but the champion no-fuss, no-muss styles, in essence designed for holiday entertaining, are vintage character and late-bottled vintage (LBV). The thought behind vintage character Port is to try and offer
TORONTO - Canadian-based Inniskillin Wines, one of the world's leading wine producers, today announced that it plans to help cultivate the best Canadian athletes.At a launch event held at the Argonaut Rowing Club, Inniskillin Wines' co-founder Donald
The results of the Air New Zealand Wine Awards are out but don't look for many winners in B.C. government stores. New Zealand's brightest have long since given up trying to sell their top wines in B.C. To put it bluntly it's way too much work for way
Today we continue our search for good-quality, inexpensive wine for home entertaining over the holidays. Readers I hear from are generally split on what an inexpensive wine is. For some it has to be under $10, others will spend up to $12 and, in some
It is very difficult to imagine that quality can exceed the brilliant vintages of 2001 and 2002! - However, in 2003 "the summer of the century" took the quality to new heights and the winegrowers experienced new challenges to their already hard and long
There are only three weekends left before Christmas and that means its time to get serious about picking up all those wines you will be entertaining with during the holidays. There's no need for panic but there's work to be done and the sooner you get
Today we begin a month-long look at wines for the holiday season. It seems everyone I meet wants to know what to buy and serve at this time of the year and, for the most part, they would prefer to spend as little money as possible. Spending less shouldn't
Today we link the pristine vineyards and green philosophy of New Zealand's wine industry with the move to sustainable, organic viticulture in California's vineyards. Our tasting features six wines; three labels hail from Brancott Vineyards, perhaps better
SPARKLING 87/100 Codorníu Clásico Brut N/VSant Sadurní d'Anoia, Penedès, Cataluna, SpainClásico Brut represent terrific value in sparkling wine. Fresh clean with just a hint of residual sugar to soften the front end and give it wide consumer appeal.
VICTORIA, BC, November 17, 2003 Local restaurateurs Silvia Marcolini and Greg Hays of Cafe Brio have earned the prestigious Provincial Restaurateur of the Year Award for Fine Dining from the BC Restaurant and
After the warmest summer of my 25 vintages with Columbia Winery, there was every reason to expect an early start and swift conclusion to the harvest. The first grapes were picked on September 6th, about a week earlier than usual, and two surprising incursions
Fire and ice are two words you could use to describe the year Okanagan Valley wine producers have experienced, although most would prefer to use the more important descriptor -- quality. Despite the smoke and life-threatening fires, the 2003 harvest
Vancouver, BC - Frank Pabst, has recently been appointed the new executive chef at Yaletown's Blue Water Cafe. Born in Germany, Frank apprenticed under acclaimed chef Christo Lang at La Becasse, Aachen before moving to France where he worked his
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