New York City, November 1, 2007. The 2005 vintage marks the 20th anniversary of Tenuta dell'Ornellaia's flagship label, Ornellaia, and to celebrate the estate released for the first time ever a 9-litre salmanazar of Ornellaia 2005. The bottle
A week in the life of a wine writer can be quite a ride. Last Tuesday, I was in San Francisco dining at Salt House (545 Mission St.). I was told it was a great place to eat if you like wine. Translation: It has a simple, one-page, paper menu where the
Last week it was suggested to me that there is no price for wine today, that is you can pretty much charge what you want and raise few eyebrows. Today I learned that Krug Champagne, or at least its owners LVMH, have a firm grasp of the concept. The
Last month Vancouver Sun writer Michael Kane reported that former mayor Art Phillips asked spouse and provincial Finance Minister Carole Taylor why the price of California wine wasn't dropping in tandem with the rise of the dollar. After inquiring
87 Arrowleaf Gewurztraminer 2006 Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada BC $15.90 winery direct, VQA and private wine shops True to form the Arrowleaf gewürztraminer is offers up a floral nose with light spicy sausage notes flecked with orange
A Calgary-based investment group, Vinequest Wine Partners GP Ltd., has made an offer, which has been accepted, to buy seven-year-old Black Hills Estate Winery, one the most successful of the Okanagan's cult wineries. Black Hills, which moved into a
Each month we spend a great deal of time tasting imported wine and interviewing the people involved in growing and making the wines. Our picks Under $15 is a salute to the best value import wines tasted in the last 90 days or so, available in Canada and
There is no easy way to measure success in the wine business, especially if you are a newcomer. The bean counters like to do it by money. Some winemakers and winery owners live by third party ratings of their wines, still others measure consumer interest
If you consider the runaway success of Australian wine, now the No. 1 imported wine category, and local VQA wine, now bigger in dollars than the Australian category, the question is: Which country is capable of regaining the lead going forward. Argentina
This week we continue our Okanagan tour, beginning at Laughing Stock Vineyards, the tiny Naramata Bench producer making big wines. The winery is tucked away above Naramata Road and easy to miss if you are driving too fast or simply admiring the view
Last week's whirlwind tour of the Okanagan left me feeling that for the first time since I set foot in the Valley some 30 years ago, the region is finally on track to reach its wine potential. It's been a long climb from the early pre- VQA days
DRY WHITE WINES: IT'LL BE GREAT... Very hot years are rarely great for white wines. The flavours of the earlier maturing white grapes are burned off through their ill-protected skins, whereas red grapes, thanks to their pigmentation and tannins, are
I'm in the Okanagan this week, for a pre-harvest update and, should the weather remain favourable over the next six weeks, local producers are expecting a very fine 2007 harvest. Constant warmth during the growing season, or "degree days" as they are
Penfolds has a long history of selling wine in B.C. and next month, the makers of one of the world's most collectible wines --Grange Bin 95 -- will offer Lower Mainland collectors the extraordinary experience of attending a rare North American appearance
A few days in Australia can be most revealing to a seasoned wine buyer. It's utterly amazing how many producers there are whose wines never make it to Canada and conversely how many Australian wine labels we have on our shelves that the aforementioned
Have you noticed a renewed interest by your friends and neighbours in aromatic B.C. wines? Riesling ehrenfelser, sauvignon blanc, chenin blanc, muscat are all gaining attention led by today's theme gewurztraminer. In some ways, there is a "perfect storm"
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