Chinese New Year 2017 begins January 28, kicking off two weeks of celebrations honouring the Rooster. Befitting such an important celebration, there will be much feasting, prompting the familiar question, “Which wine to pair with Chinese food?” That’s
Sideways, Bottle Shock, Mondovino, SOMM 1 and 2, A Year In Burgundy, and now Sour Grapes - wine movies have clearly moved into the mainstream. Never has there been so much interest in the machinations of the wine world, and especially the seemingly cloaked
Next week the wine world will gather in Wellington, New Zealand to focus on Pinot Noir NZ 2017. Pinot Noir NZ 2017, held every four years, is a must-do event for pinot-philes, uniting 115 wineries and more than 600 wines to showcase to some 600 industry
It wasn't so long ago that Aussie and Shiraz were inseparable, at least on our local wine shelves. And while shiraz still led the 2016 red crush by tonnage at 46%, it was down slightly from 2015, while the second place cabernet sauvignon was up by 20%,
We all know them. Maybe we’ve even been one ourselves. That person, come January, who swears off alcohol in a New Year, new start, liver cleansing, clean living, Dryuary. Yes – post-holiday restraint and moderation is a smart and healthy move.
Big wine distribution news in Canada today as Treasury Wine Estates Selects Mark Anthony Wine & Spirits as its Exclusive Importer and Distributor in Canada. Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (TWE) today announced that after an extensive review it will
I admit I’m a bit late to the Pier Luigi Tolaini wine party. Louie, as he was recently introduced to me, lives in Winnipeg, at least part of the year. The rest of the time he is Pier Luigi, the owner of Tenuta Tolaini in Chianti Classico, just outside
We're continuing into 2017 with a final look back at 2016 and our top scoring BC wines tasted last year. Our Top 10 has expanded into a Top 18, with wines scoring 93 and 92 points. Even so, there are only a dozen wineries represented here. No surprise
We have logged a lot of miles and a lot of wines as we close in on 2000 reviews for 2016. It’s actually just a fraction of the wines we’ve tasted when you consider the bottles presented in tastings, restaurants, vineyards and just about anywhere
Style is one of those words you are not supposed use when you write about wine because it means different things to different people. But like it or not, champagne has style and if you taste enough, or simply pay attention to what comes your way over
Picking only ten cheeses for 2016 is almost impossible when there are so many delicious candidates out there, but what the heck let’s do it. In no particular order, here are some cheeses that struck me as especially different and new, as well as
There is something special about being in a wine region at harvest. In mid-September, I visited the Douro Valley in Portugal during harvest with Dr. Jamie Goode, The Wine Anorak, and spent a lot of time chatting with port producers. The vibe
BC's annual Icewine harvest arrived just before the holidays, with the cold temperatures prompting wineries in the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley to start picking grapes early for what can be expected to be a larger vintage than 2015.Icewine harvest
Selecting Christmas dinner wines can strike fear into the heart of any seasoned wine buyer, let alone the casual tippler. This is especially true if you failed to sign up for that food and wine pairing class you said you would attend after last year’s
Today a few words on building a great cheese plate for a holiday get-together. It's a busy time of the year, and it's nice to keep things as simple as possible. I think you can apply that to cheese plates as well. Usually when I start to choose cheese
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