Sebastopol, CA - Though we faced a long and late 2012 harvest, with powdery mildew that meant dropping a lot of fruit, our spirits never sagged because the fruit looked fabulous from the beginning. Mild weather throughout the growing season meant more
Last week I spent an illuminating afternoon in the Garnet Valley, a small Western side valley that T-bones the northern edge of Summerland, very near where Okanagan Lake makes its big turn north to Kelowna. My guides were Chilean Pedro Parra, renowned
We wine writers love to use the term best buy or best value to make sure you pay attention to our reviews, but what does best value really mean when you open that bottle of wine? If price is seldom a measure of quality, can it possibly be a measure of
Today marks the ninth annual Best of B.C. wines release at 21 Signature B.C. Liquor Stores plus Dunbar, Caulfield, Peninsula Village (Surrey) and Brighouse (Richmond). Top B.C. wines are a rare sighting in government stores, mainly because local producers
Nature provided the backdrop, Chardonnay was the star Pitch - The nature of a wine production is first influenced by the ground, then the skies, then by mankind. In the style of another celebrated L.B. - the film director Luc Besson - Louis Bouillot
Last week the provincial government rolled over and gave the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union everything they wanted, including a four per cent wage increase and a promise to kill plans to privatize the Liquor Distribution Branch. According
Look outside your window. Is that more sunshine than you have a right to expect? The longer this weather lingers, the happier winegrowers are all across British Columbia. As we head toward the end of the 2012 growing season and the birth of another harvest,
Matt Lane Named VP Peter Lehmann Americas Napa, Calif. (Sept. 25, 2012) ─ Matt Lane has been appointed Vice President, Peter Lehmann Wines Americas for Peter Lehmann, the iconic winery from Australia's Barossa Valley. Matthew Lane Lane, most
Spending a week with 640 of your closest readers can be a terrifying experience for any writer, but with the voyage complete -- including five on-board tastings and five hosted dinners -- I'm delighted to report I met the vast majority of Sun readers
Anthony Gismondi's On the Road video series tours 26 wineries in the Okanagan, Similkameen and Lillooet regions. These videos include insights from vineyard owners and winemakers and a glimpse of the beautiful scenery of each area. Click to see the
Change is the only certainty in our lives, and it is no different in the wine business. So beginning next week, you can expect some minor modifications to this column and some of the wine content that appears in the Saturday Sun. Don't worry you will
A few days in Sonoma County confirms the California wine industry is finally getting back on track after a prolonged recession that has cut the legs out from under the fine wine business. It's been a struggle for California's premium producers who have
THE CLIMATE OF THE VINTAGE It is the change in the climate, characterized by long-lasting summer heat and lack of rainfall, which has caused the significant drop in the production of grapes in Italy's 2012 vintage; for the same reason, 2007,
Vignobles Dourthe Harvest 2012: Almost perfect summer conditions follow an unsettled spring "Yet another year where Mother Nature kept us on our toes. With changeable, fresh and humid conditions from April to mid-July creating challenging conditions
It's not too late to check out the wines featured in the Wines of South Africa (WOSA) display spread across some 75 BC Liquor Stores since early August. Many will still be in store displays this weekend or back in their original position in the South
We have been immersed in the 2012 harvest for 3 weeks now and like all harvests, this one too has special characters that make it unique. This year will be remembered for its absolute absence of rain; apart from an abundant snowfall at beginning
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