The fall weather is perfect for fondue. Cheese Name: Fondue Origin: Switzerland / France Milk Type: Cow’s Style: A delicious melted cheese dish Description: Fondue is a dish originating in the mountains of Switzerland
It's not a new idea to have a downtown tasting room a good distance from the on-site tasting facility in wine country. Healdsburg, Sonoma, Woodinville, outside Seattle and the Lompoc Wine Ghetto, in Santa Barbara County, are just a few that come to mind
A week of travel across France from Champagne to the Languedoc confirms the French remain devoted to producing some of the best wines in the world. It should come as no surprise that they do it with a great deal of confidence and savoir-faire. No one
A perfect taste of fall flavours for your holiday cheese board. Cheese: Le Coutances Origin: Normandie, France Milk Type: Cow’s milk Style: Soft ripened / bloomy rind Description: Le Coutances comes in a small wheel, weighing in at two hundred
In the early 1970s, many believed that growing vinifera grape varieties, a staple of the European wine world, wasn't possible in Canada with its long and cold winters. Austrian immigrant and winemaker Karl Kaiser began experimenting and creating wines
The short film below is the seldom seen icewine harvest, since it can be unpredictable, as we found when trying to film it. We interview Inniskillin’s director of viticulture Gerald Klose, revelling in his retelling of the early days of their icewine
In episode three of our icewine series, Inniskillin's Estate Chef Tim Mackiddie explains how in recent years icewine has become a secret ingredient for many chefs who love its high acid and sweet demeanour. Mackiddie shares with us some of his best pairing
Though two different names, the grapes are indeed the same. What’s in a name? Well, in the case of syrah/shiraz, more than you’d think. Over time, the words have come to differentiate the grape stylistically, though those two styles are in
This month, the GOW team attended a portfolio tasting at Trialto wines in Vancouver. We tasted some wines and shot some videos of the winemakers, owners and representatives of the wines. DJ Kearney summarises each of the wines featured and grouped
Introducing Noord Holand, bearing little resemblance to a garden variety Gouda. It is worth a closer look. Cheese Name: Noord Holand Origin: Netherlands Milk Type: Cow’s milk from herds of Holstein Friesians raised in the North of Holland Style:
Free Form is a stand-alone non-intervention, organic wine label from Haywire Winery. This is the most naturalist line from the winery that has broken all preconceptions of what is and can be possible in Okanagan winemaking. All wines are native fermented
From almost anywhere in the South Okanagan looking north up the valley, from Osoyoos, it's hard to miss Sunrock Vineyards and its iconic massive rockface that stands like a sentinel above the gentle-sloping, southwest vineyards. From any angle, it's a
We invited chef Derek Uhlemann, owner and founder of Oliver Eats Ltd., to create a menu of dishes made from local ingredients, inspired by and to pair with Sunrock Vineyards' wines. With a long history in the region as a chef and a winemaker, Uhlemann
What’s very old, feels very new, and very exciting, again. Portuguese wines are in a renaissance, buoyed by the influx of crisp, bright white, and dry, savoury red wines flowing into international markets. Wine lovers, forever on the hunt for new
This week we look at a little known gem from Burgundy, stepping out of the shadow of Epoisses. Cheese Name: Soumaintrain Origin: Burgundy, France Milk Type: Cow’s milk Style: Soft washed rind Description: Soumaintrain is a soft cheese, washed
The Gini family has cultivated vineyards in Monteforte since 1600, making them one of the oldest wine producers in the Soave Classico zone. The winery and knowledge of the lands have been passed down through the centuries, from generation
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