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01 . 8 . 21

Top 10 : International Reds Under $20

This month, we're running a four-part series on some of the province's best value wines. We start by looking at 10+ of some of the best international reds we tasted over the past year that hit the shelf under $20, and are widely available. The adage you

Top Ten

12 . 28 . 20

NYE 2020

What's trending in cheese now (hint, truffle). Cheese Trends: This has been an amazing, puzzling year. None of us could have predicted the chaos that would ensue during the Covid pandemic. It changed all of our habits, including work, travel, socializing

Cheese Dreams

12 . 10 . 20

Martin's Lane and Checkmate - Uncut

Anthony von Mandl lives in the future, which is where you will find his vision of pinot noir, Next World-style, when you visit Martin's Lane Winery in East Kelowna. Like no other in the world, the winery was built for pinot noir from the ground up on

British Columbia A-Z

12 . 10 . 20

Bisol Prosecco - Valdobbiadene

There are many great stories in wine, such as the Bisol family, who can point to an ancient document that testifies they were already involved in winegrowing in S. Stefano di Valdobbiadene as early as 1542. Today in Valdobbiadene, Bisol specializes in

Sparkling

12 . 10 . 20

What's All the Fizz About

Well, if there were ever a year to drink bubbles, 2020 would be it. We certainly popped a lot of corks and crown caps at GOW this year. So much so, we've had to divide our sparkling annual into three sections because the list was so long our website

Sparkling

12 . 10 . 20

Canadian Sparkling East

This is one of four in a series of Sparkling Reports for 2020. Click here to read our thoughts on BC wine, and here to see the International Sparkling Report. Finally, you can read our 2020 Champagne Annual here. We think,

Sparkling

12 . 10 . 20

Canadian Sparkling West

The British Columbia Sparkling Wine Report is one in a series of four annual reports on key fizz categories put out by Gismondi on Wine in 2020, spearheaded by our sparkling wine specialist Treve Ring. Click here to read our thoughts on Ontario / Nova

Sparkling

12 . 10 . 20

Champagne Annual 2021

2020 certainly hasn't been a year much worth celebrating, especially if you're a grower, vineyard worker, or producer in Champagne. There is no single category of wine that has been more dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic than champagne. As

Sparkling

12 . 10 . 20

White Fox

A tasty cheddar substitute, so to speak, for your Holiday entertaining is White Fox. It looks like cheddar but it comes with more gravitas. Cheese Name: White Fox Origin: Made by Belton Farms in Shropshire, UK. Milk Type: Pasteurized

Cheese Dreams

11 . 16 . 20

Saint Agur

This is the perfect weather for a glass of Port and a slice of Saint Agur. Cheese Name: Saint Agur Origin: Saint Agur is made by the Compagnie Fromagère de la Vallèe l’Ance in the town of Beauzac in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Cheese Dreams

11 . 12 . 20

A Reintroduction to Mission Hill

As one of the largest wine producers in British Columbia, Mission Hill needs no introduction. The wines are ubiquitous on store shelves, and their iconic bell tower winery is besieged by tourists every summer. No, what Mission Hill needs is a reintroduction.

British Columbia A-Z

11 . 9 . 20

Harvest Report : Mendocino County 2020

Upon surveying growers and vintners across the region the Mendocino WineGrowers (MWI) is happy to announce that the 2020 vintage is showing amazing quality with smaller berries, intense flavor and great color. MWI predicts that the 2020 vintage will

Harvest Reports

10 . 22 . 20

Vacherin

Add this washed rind mountain cheese to your regular repertoire. Cheese Name: Vacherin, by Fruitières Chabret, where the term Fruitières in the Savoie and Franche-Comtè regions designate a mountain dairy. Origin: This version

Cheese Dreams

10 . 9 . 20

Bartier Bros.

Michael Bartier is a one-of-a-kind winegrower with a deep connection to his birthplace, the Okanagan Valley. Like many locals, you have an equal chance of meeting Michael and his wife Jodi cycling up a mountain during the summer or skiing down it in winter

British Columbia A-Z

10 . 2 . 20

Harvest Report : Delas Frères 2020

While the harvest in the Rhone Valley ended a few days ago, Jacques Grange, Delas Technical Director, unveiled some of the specificities of the vinatge. When we sent out our Delas vineyard ‘flowering report’ in early May we informed you of

Harvest Reports