Alberta wine buyers, often portrayed as the luckiest in the country thanks to their tiny, flat wine tax, were hit with a substantial increase this week as the provincial government, reeling from falling oil revenues, decided to up the ante on a more reliable
BUBBLE 85 Voga Pinot Grigio Vino Spumante Extra Dry N/V Veneto, ItalyBC $15.00 specialty listing, AB $17.00 private wine stores, MB $15.00, NS $16.00, ON $14.00, QC $16.00I often wonder why we are so lucky here in Canada to experience every commercial
The Juno Awards may have scooped most of the media last weekend but it didn't hurt the crowds at the Playhouse wine bash. All three evening public tasting sessions were sold out as usual. It had to be a thrilling, if in some cases daunting week, for
The 31st Playhouse International Wine Festival wraps up this weekend with a number of sold-out events still to be consummated. If there is a story this week, it might be the search for high-quality wines selling at affordable prices. When I say affordable,
The wine world is in Vancouver this coming week for the 31st Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival and there will be plenty of discussion about the economy. With almost every wine producing country in the midst of its worst economic downturn
Gordon Fitzpatrick, President of CedarCreek Estate Winery, announces that it has entered into an agency agreement with Free House Wine + Spirits Ltd. to sell its wine in Western Canada effective March 19, 2009. Free House specializes in representing
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival is still a couple of weeks out but sold out signs are beginning to appear all over the playhousewinefest.com site reminding us that in a matter of days there will be few if any tickets left for procrastinators. Year
By Mark Hicken, Special to the Sun In less than a year, British Columbians will welcome visitors from all over the world to the Winter Olympics. No doubt, our guests will be impressed by our hospitality, our stunning scenery and
Just as Eva Peron, the First lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952 catapulted herself from rags to riches, so too have the wines of South America's second largest country. Argentine wine sales are up nearly 40 per cent in North American markets and they
Six out of ten Americans are wine buyers according to a new interactive survey of wine drinkers from The Harris Poll. Not bad for a country that seemed stuck in wine drinking neutral most of the 1970s, 80s and early 90s. It seems wine is finally
During a recent trip to the Cape Lands of South Africa I was pleasantly surprised to discover a major shift in attitude and quality from SA producers. It's been a long road for some producers who felt that just showing up after the sanctions were finally
It's Valentine's Day and if you don't already have a reservation for dinner, traditionally one of the busiest nights of the year in restaurants, chances are you won't get one before 10 p.m. There's no need to panic there is still time to implement plan
Much has been written already about the 2008 vintage, for different reasons including the lower yields (15 to 25% less), oïdium pressure in Spring, ...It is true that weather conditions in France were not classical, but we must bear in mind that France
SPARKLING 86 Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut Cava Selección N/V Macabeo - Xarello - Parellada Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Penedès, Catalunya, Spain BC $15.00 general listing, AB $15.00, BC $29.00 (1500 ml) specialty listing, MB $14.00, NB $15.00,
At last some good news for the world's wine producers and from the most unlikely of places, Canada. Research released by the French behemoth wine fair VinExpo, and its U.K. research partner the IWSR, indicates the Canadian wine market is growing three
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