The 3rd Judgment of BC, held last August 13, featured British Columbia’s two most planted varieties, Pinot Gris and Merlot. The two flights of wines, tasted blind, each contained six BC wines and six imported labels. The annual event is hosted
Pizza night presents a terrific opportunity to learn a bit about food and wine matching without dropping a lot of dough. Get it? All the basics apply. Think weight, acidity, finesse, spicing, situation and price: all the things you encounter with any
Take a first look at a new winery literally emerging from the historic Black Sage Bench in the South Okanagan. The team at Phantom Creek Estates has set the bar high for themselves and their wines but they seem willing to put in the time and hard work
Don’t mistake pink wine for being frivolous. While there is a sea of unserious, silly, and even scary rosé in the wine world, Provence has consistently peaked, with top Provençal Rosés admired for their drinkability and structure
It's hot out there BC. With record heat strikes across the province, and a holiday long weekend on the horizon, it feels like a prime time for a Top 10 BC Wines for the Beach list. Don't just limit yourself to the shore; these will easily do double duty
Champagne wishes and sparkling water budgets? Pop a bottle of Cava. The second largest bottle-fermented appellation in the world, this traditional method sparkling wine shares some characteristics with Champagne, but certainly stands, proudly, alone.
I know Canada Day has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean we’re done celebrating the great things about our country in this auspicious year. Had I been a more organized person I would have written this article weeks ago, but anyone who knows
From cat pee to gooseberry to asparagus to flint, always along a stream of citrus and bed of stones, sauvignon blanc is cresting a global wave. A wide range of styles and regions allows this divisive grape an equally wide range of fans. Whether you prefer
Portugal gets the heat. This beautiful, friendly and genuine country, wedged between continental Spain and the vast Atlantic ocean can easily reach 45+ Celsius, so indigenous grapes (there are more authchthonous grapes per hectare in Portugal than anywhere
The folks at New District asked us to put together a quarterly wine pack to offer to their customers. Our second selection, now on offer, is a choice of six wines made under the direction of Italian winemaker/consultant Alberto Antonini. Alberto's work
There are so many ‘Canada 150’ lists, so please forgive us for yet another one. In our defence, we review wine every single day so we believe our list is as rigourous as it can be based on the thousands of Canadian wines we tasted over the
There's something about summer that makes us drink pink. Don't get me wrong - I love drinking rosé wines year round, though there is little better than sitting in the warm summer sunlight enjoying a refreshing glass of crisp, dry rosé. Think
Earlier this week we wrapped the seventeeth National Wine Awards of Canada in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Alongside 21 of Canada’s top wine judges (my wine family) we tasted some 1700 wines over five days, rolling through 2400 Zwilling Prédicat
At the risk of stereotyping the masculine gender, it's a dad’s kind of Top Ten this week : red wines in honour of Father’s Day. If you are grilling beef or pork or even venison or root vegetables, this is the list for you. Happy Father’s
I can tell that summer has arrived, even if the weather isn’t entirely cooperating. It’s not because Vancouverites have bravely been wearing shorts for weeks now, or that there has been a flood of visitors standing around the steam clock every
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