When we think of Swiss cheeses, we certainly think of alpine style cheeses and traditional names come to mind easily. Emmenthal, Gruyere and Appenzeller are all staples in our winter fondue and on top of a tasty gratin. However there are a lot of newer
In the second of six videos that make up the 2015 BC Winegrowers Series, I visit The Hatch, a new, unique winery project in the Okanagan. GM Jessie Harnden and winemaker Jason Parkes have hatched a series of single-vineyard wines from across the Okanagan
The 2015 year delivered California vintners and growers across the state another stellar vintage. Despite a lighter crop—compared to last year—from one of the earliest seasons on record, wildfires during harvest in some regions and a fourth
Even in this accessible age of the internets, there is one hard copy, hefty, tactile tome that I use more than any other resource out there. Wine Grapes is worth its 3kg weight in gold to me, a complete guide to 1368 vine varieties, including their origins
In the first of six videos that makeup the 2015 BC Winegrowers Series, I visit George and Trudy Heiss, the founders of Gray Monk Estate Winery and modern BC wine pioneers. After giving up their hair-dressing business in Edmonton in 1972, they purchased
Colourful, gnarly gourds are on the grocery shelves, we’ve had the first grilled acorn squash of the season, Okanagan pears and apples fill our fruit baskets and sweaters are making an appearance again. Harvest is in full swing across BC and the
The Okanagan Wine Festivals Society has announced the results from their annual British Columbia Wine Awards competition. The awards ceremony is the official celebratory start to this year’s 35th Fall Okanagan Wine Festival. The popular Festival
The Champagne harvest commenced on August 29, in summer weather; it just came to an end in cool and rainy weather. Beginning without any significant weather incident, 2015 was notable for the exceptionally hot and dry period from the end of May to
Yields that are quantitatively and qualitatively higher compared to last year are bringing joy to the Sicilian wineries and growers. There was some concern in early winter but the vineyards benefited from a particularly favorable climate throughout spring
The outstanding summer weather has led to a record breaking start to the grape harvest in British Columbia. For most wineries, harvest typically starts in September or even October, but this year saw most wineries starting two to three weeks ahead of
As Anthony mentioned in his National Wine Awards of Canada article, and as the detailed coverage on WineAlign reveals, competition at the Nationals was tight this year, with the quality of the wines higher than ever before. BC did incredibly well in 2015,
When I have been lucky enough to go to France in the past, one of the first things I look for in cheese stores is Saint-Marcellin. This is a delicate, rather fragile cheese and we only receive it periodically in Canada, so buying it at the source is a
Earlier this summer I filmed a six part BC winegrowers series in the Okanagan Valley for the The Vancouver Sun. BC Winegrowers takes viewers on a ride while we visit with six wineries in this travelogue of one of North America’s premium wine regions,
The countdown is on to Top Drop Vancouver, the city's two-day celebration of craft. The independent event, now in its second year, brings together international terroir-focused wineries, craft breweries, cideries and foodstuffs with the people that
Jimmy McEwan began his career at the illustrious Bowmore Distillery on the island of Islay, the southwesternmost part of Scotland, in 1963. He was an apprentice cooper. An aptitude for all things single malt whisky was one thing; a gift for communicating
At the age of ten, some 80 kilometers southwest of Pézenas, Gérard Bertrand’s father, Georges Bertrand, invited his son to work the harvest in his cellars at Domaine de Villemajou at Boutenac in Corbières in the Aude. The idea
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