A Taste of Black Rock Resort has come and gone and so, too, have nearly 100 lucky Vancouver Sun subscribers who joined us in Ucluelet last weekend to taste wine, dine, hike and enjoy the fabulous West Coast lifestyle. After spending three days with so
Eduardo Chadwick grew up in the shadows of the 6,959 metre high Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Southern Hemisphere. Some 50 years later, his winery - Viña Errazuriz - has taken up the Aconcagua (pronounced ACK-Can-COW-ah) mantle placing the
Tony Bish was recently in Vancouver, but I was not, at the time. He kindly sent along some wines, and articulated some answers to our questions about Sacred Hill. How would you describe the climate in your region? We grow mainly
As the 2011 Okanagan Wine Festival winds down, most wineries will only be starting to get into the thick of the harvest. Most of the early-picked grapes harvested over the last 10 days, and even that's not so early, are deliberately picked at lower sugars
When Americans start talking about taxing the rich and removing personal tax deductions such as mortgage payments, the economy is moving into a sector few if any living experts have ever experienced. We can argue over whether we are in another downturn,
With the plethora of wines from the New World at competitive prices Bordeaux recently has been running under the radar in North America. However there is always a buzz of excitement when a new year is released commercially normally some three years
The quote of the year in the wine business, at least so far, appeared in an online Decanter magazine story earlier this week covering the 2011 harvest in Bordeaux. An unnamed Bordeaux producer of a renowned left bank château was quoted as saying, '"We
The Chenin Blanc Association of South Africa traces the history of its prized grape as far back as the ninth century to the Anjou, Loire Valley region in France. It was likely referred to as Chenere before it was renamed Chenin Blanc, after Mont Chenin
Earlier this summer, I was one of two dozen judges at the 6th Wine Access International Value Wine Awards (IVWA) competition in Calgary. The blind tasting event is run by Wine Access Magazine out of Calgary, where I have been the Vancouver-based editor-in
Roquefort is probably the best known and the possibly the most misunderstood of blue cheeses from France. We all know the name, but do we know to what precise specifications this AOC gem is made? Roquefort is made from fresh sheep's milk, taken from
Local wine is in the news this week, and surprise, surprise, the story isn't all that positive. It seems consumers are balking at the price of B.C. wine in general and high-priced "trophy" wines are not moving at all. Local wine has had a good run for
From Johannes Selbach... With sadness I have to report that our 2011 vintage took a beating, just before the finishing line. We were looking forward to a very good and finally plentiful crop. Take a look at youtube and type in Hagel
As the last days of carefree summer living slip into the longer cooler days of autumn, I wanted to be sure we covered off the ultimate summer sipper, the noble Riesling. You might be surprised to know that only a century ago Riesling was the
It was not all that long ago, 2004 to be exact, when Merlot had become the whipping boy of the wine industry. Overproduced and under-flavoured, it was infamously damned in the movie Sideways during a pre-dinner scene when would-be novelist and Pinot Noir
Earlier this spring I was contemplating a lineup of summer columns that would more or less match the weather. The annual arrival of at least some moderate heat would have allowed for an orderly transition from big reds to fresher, lighter summer wines.
So many things we might take for granted when we choose a drink to begin the evening, came from the apothecarial exigencies of the ecclesiastical orders in France, as in other parts of Europe. Herbs, roots, flowers, moss, almost any kind of vegetation
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