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
We drink a lot of fizz here at Gismondi On Wine. A lot. Trust us. This year alone, we reviewed 200 sparkling wines from around the globe, across numerous grapes, regions and styles. Sixty of the wines reviewed were from the epitome of the style, Champagne,
Ideal weather conditions at the end of harvest season put a smile back on the faces of the Loire winegrowers, who had to deal with a complex array of weather patterns throughout the year. But this vintage is set to be flavorsome and fruit-driven,
There is little doubt that the cabernet sauvignon grape is responsible for some of the biggest (tannic) wines on the planet. Certainly the physical nature of cabernet tends to be big, angular and tannic in its youth and, while it mellows with age, even
I work every day surrounded by cheese. I spend a lot of time in the fridge sorting, rotating, and caring for the amazing products that we are lucky enough to source. It’s easy to become obsessed with the finished products, and how they taste, what
It's a funny thing about fizz. Unless it says "Champagne" on the label, it never gets the respect afforded the famous French region, even if most of us wouldn't be able to distinguish between the two in a blind tasting. This is partly because people reserve
There’s no shortage of unnecessary wine gifts out there. You know, the kind that end up in a drawer or on a shelf after a single use, never to be taken out again. Sticking to the basics like glasses, decanters, books and special bottles
Like many wine regions around the world, the wines of Sicily have improved exponentially over the past 30 years. The benchmark of most Sicilian winemakers has evolved from quantity to quality. But perhaps the most surprising development in Sicilian winemaking
"2016 is the first vintage in more than a decade from which we will not produce any Vendange Tardive or Sélection de Grains Nobles". After three years of extremely low yields, we can at last say 2016 has been a generous vintage! Unlike most of
The people of the Bourgogne wine region like a story with a happy ending. The wines of the 2016 vintage have granted this wish, exhibiting a quality that was quite unexpected given the difficult start to the year. Climate events in the spring took a severe
Germans have a lot of Sekt. Sekt, of course, is the German term for sparkling wine, and last year (2015) Germans drank more than 305 million litres of it. But their taste for fizz is not just limited to their own production: Germany is the world's largest
It’s been a long time coming. I’m thrilled to see an increasing number of interesting, modern and fresh South African wine landing in our BC market. For too long, most of the selection sold in this province has nothing to do with what is actually
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