I'm very disappointed to hear that Wine Access magazine (RedPoint) will cease publication with the March Issue and walk away from CWA, IVWA and The Canadian Wine Annual. As many of you know I made a decision to leave the magazine in
Although it is early in the year, the first predictions given by the INV (National Winemaking Institute) on a national level forecast a 26% country wide production increase, which would make the 2013 harvest close to 28 billion quintals. In the
Sustainability has been a hot-button issue for consumers in the food and wine business for more than a decade now, and as we prepare to welcome the wine world to the upcoming Vancouver International Wine Festival in late February it seems appropriate
A month out from the Vancouver International Wine Festival, we begin our preview of some of the themes and questions likely to present themselves when the giant grape fest kicks off on Monday, Feb . 25. We begin with California, the theme region
Bits and pieces to start 2013 beginning with that age-old question, where have all the years gone? To be more precise, what happened to all the vintages at www.bcldb.com? Whose idea was it to stop publishing the year or vintage date for most
Whenever I'm lucky enough to be in Italy, I take my watch off. It's not so much that time stands still but rather that it moves at its own pace and that rarely includes 60 beats per minute. Italians can be gregarious talkers and use a whirlwind of gestures
If the number 2013 looks a bit weird to you this week, give it some time. But don't give it forever, in this frenetic Internet world. It's not 1970, when cheques trumped credit cards and banks gave you a month's leeway if you inadvertently penned the
Here's a last minute look at some of the best sparkling wines we tasted this year. You should be able to find most of these easily in government and private wine stores. 96 Krug Grande Cuvee N/V Pinot Noir - Chardonnay - PinotMeunierChampagne, FranceBC
As another year slips into the history books or some databank deep beneath the earth, all that's left is to usher in the new one. How you choose to welcome the New Year is up to you, but should you decide to have a drink or two, we suggest you can't go
The wine-year of 2012 was a year of contrasts. Apart from healthy grapes and great quality of wine there were also quite some setbacks and disappointments caused by bad weather, fungus and during the autumn season damages caused by wildboar and birds. Still
The best advice anyone can give you about which wines to serve for Christmas dinner is to get out and purchase them this weekend, before the pressure of Christmas Eve arrives and stocks are depleted and the store clerks are frazzled. This week we
Château Climens 2012 Vintage: Trying but unexpected! "Quod donare mora nequit annua, dat brevis hora" (It can happen in an hour that which does not happen in a year, what a difference a day makes! - a Latin proverb) At the very
Gismondi on Wine Our 2012 Top 100 by Anthony Gismondi and Stuart Tobe We taste thousands of wines a year including a large number of wines that are no longer available through traditional retail channels. This list is our top 100 picks that for the
Just in time for last minute frantic wine shopping comes our 40 wines under $40 list. You can take it to the bank when it comes to quality and value and you should be able to locate most of these wines in any decent size government liquor store. Remember
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