March 5, 2007 (Vancouver, BC) - The Hart House Restaurant on Deer Lake's new Executive Chef, Dennis Peckham, is one of the rising stars in British Columbia's culinary scene. He brings a wealth of talent and experience from some of the hottest restaurants
BERNKASTEL/MOSEL, GERMANY -- The 2006 harvest was the earliest and fastest that we have ever seen. We were in a desperate race against the weather and the rapid onset of botrytis. After a very hot June and July, the month of August was cooler, with a
If you are one of those people with too much money on your hands and you are currently mulling over the prospect of opening a B.C. winery, you may want to heed the blueprint of one of the Okanagan's biggest success stories, Sandhill. It's not often that
In moments when the global wine-industry makes definitive focus on increasingly premium products, and on the relevance of appellation, Viña Tabalí closed the operation of acquisition of Viña Leyda. With this fact, the group puts its feet down on both
Women were front and centre this week in Vancouver from Finance Minister Carole Taylor whose budget gave us a back a tiny fraction of the exorbitant taxes applied to wine in B.C., to an impressive group of globetrotting wine woman here to sell their product. I
WHITE 90 Thornhaven Gewurztraminer 2005 Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaBC $13.90 winery directCould this wine be better than last year? Now one of the best in province on a consistent basis if you like gewürztraminer Thornhaven is the place
Kendall-Jackson's Executive Chef Justin Wangler has created a special reserve wine and food tasting focusing on the winery's upper-tier Highland Estates and Stature wines. Visitors to the Kendall-Jackson Wine Center in Santa Rosa can sample some of the
It's a rare week that includes even one visiting French vintner in Vancouver. So you have to ask, how is that nearly 40 vignerons, from all parts of France, including several bio-dynamic producers, found there way to Colombie-Britannique this week and
Winemaker Allison Tauziet (February 16, St. Helena, Calif.)--Colgin Cellars, producer of some of Napa Valley's most critically-acclaimed wines, has promoted Allison Tauziet to the position of full time Winemaker. Tauziet joined Colgin
There's something about Spanish wine that seems right for our current palate. Not that it's causing a head-long rush in wine shops, like Australia, but it's a steady movement. Maybe it's the small producers, the non-conformity, the plethora of grapes,
If I asked Rob (one of my co-workers), what his favourite cheese was, he would definitely say Selles-sur-Cher (if he wasn't in the mood for Papillion Noir Roquefort). Selles-sur-Cher was one of the first cheeses to be granted AOC Status (1975). It is
It's time to get serious about the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival if you are planning on attending any of this year's events. The 29th edition celebrates Australia as its theme and it will also focus on the riesling grape, both inside
It was 1998 when Florence-based Piero Antinori made the decision to invest in the southern Italian region of Puglia. Now, after almost a decade of hard work, the results of the Tormaresca initiative are beginning to arrive in Canada. Viticulture is nothing
The Canadian wine industry was toasted then roasted last week by one of the most influential wine writers in the business. Jancis Robinson, surely England's brightest wine scribe, was in Ontario, at the behest of Toronto-based sommeliers Zoltan and John
The combination of storms and the first cold weather of the year, here in the Lower Mainland, had me thinking about port this week. Inspired, I re-tasted some old favourites, and few new labels, and as it happens, the results fall into two neat categories
It's that time of the year when many of us take stock of our business and plan for the future. Trends are ascertained; actions taken. When it comes to wine, trending is probably a better word since few things relating to grapes happen overnight. Take
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