The Franche-Comté is an area in eastern France, bordering Switzerland. It lies south of Alsace and north of the Savoie. This beautiful area is very often overlooked by visitors to France as it is more rural and less known, However, from a cheese
It finally feels like spring. Popping along with the cherry blossoms is the thoughts of sunny days, fresh halibut, early asparagus and Easter ham. These are all flavours that welcome sunshine in a glass, hence this week's Top 10: Spanish whites for spring. These
Imagine the vegetation cycle and vintage as a roller coaster ride. This is precisely the memory that Austrian winegrowers and friends of Austrian wine will retain of 2016. But all said and done, there is good to magnificent quality in white, red &
It’s been said to be successful in chess, or wine for that matter, you must constantly be thinking several steps ahead in tactics and decision making. From deciding where a pawn can be sacrificed to gain better position, to pitching single vineyard
When it comes to starting a wine cellar it’s the “How-to-do-it question?” that we get a lot. To be brutally honest it takes a lot of perseverance and plenty of self-restraint not to mention some hard-earned cash, but it’s doable,
Giulio Caporali founded Tenuta Valdipiatta in the late 1980s to pursue a dream. Along the way he managed to elevate the Valdipiatta estate to become one of the most respected producers of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano in Tuscany. In 2002, he turned over
It's been said that no one knows all of the indigenous Italian grapes. No one - not even when their Latin winegrowing, vine tending, wine producing genes date back 20+ centuries (and countless before) in Italy. The Etruscans and Greek settlers
You say grigio, I say gris. You think thin and crisp and I think full and rich. And that's just within BC. Poor BCPG. If any grape can claim identity crisis, it’s pinot gris. A white mutation clone of the black pinot noir, gris' skin colour
There is something special about mountain cheeses. Although many of them have a similar basic nuttiness, they all have amazing subtleties of flavor and texture. It is the differences in taste that bring to mind the beautiful areas these high alpine
What is natural wine? As we found out talking to a number of winemakers, growers, consultants and experts at last month's Vancouver International Wine Festival, it's as unclassifiable as Mother Nature herself. The exact definition of natural wine
Mention tannat to seasoned wine drinkers and you will get a mix of responses. Some think France, others are reminded of a highly tannic red wine, while some think Uruguay where the grape is part of the national heritage. The original tannat material came
Though sémillon changes dramatically from youth through old age, it always carries itself with an air of nobility. With berries of golden rose, young sémillon shows bright, sometimes racy acidity, citrus and hay/herb notes. With bottle age,
We survived another busy VIWF week. Between moderating seminars and panel contributions, minglers, dinners, lunches, brunches - not to mention the International Tasting Room floor - we tasted hundreds of wines this week, most of them Canadian. In addition
Not long after the province of South Australia was proclaimed in 1836, the colony’s first Surveyor General, Colonel William Light, came upon a fertile valley just northeast of Adelaide. Light gave the Barossa Ranges its name in memory of the British
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