The following is our A-Z guide of the Best B.C Wines we have tasted in the past six months. The wines are organised by winery and within each set the reviews are sorted by grape variety. The minimum score required to make the list is 87/100. 87 Arrowleaf
The 25th Okanagan Wine Festival concludes this weekend with a flurry of events including two evenings of consumer tastings in Penticton and, the official results of the 2005 Okanagan Wine Festival Competition. This year's judges included Brent
The biggest story in Canadian wine is set to play out in the days and weeks to come as Canada's largest wine company, Vincor International Inc., a company that has dined on a number of its competitors over the years, is about to become someone else's
Australian Wine Experience returns to Vancouver's historic Gastown neighbourhood Oct. 4 with some 250 wines to sample. The stand-up, walk-about tasting that takes place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Storyeum, 151 Cordova in Gastown, has become an important
The Associated Press is reporting that Constellation Brands Inc. has launched a hostile bid late Tuesday to acquire Canadian wine producer Vincor International Inc. for C$1.4 billion ($1.2 billion). Reuters is reporting Vincor rejected the
MISSISSAUGA, ON, September 28, 2005 - Vincor International Inc. (TSX:VN), one of the world's largest producers and distributors of wine and related products, today confirmed that it has received an unsolicited approach from Constellation Brands, Inc.
By the time you read this, fall will have officially arrived and my desk should be cleared off. But for now I am desperately trying to remove months of press releases and other assorted notes to meet a self-imposed deadline to find my desktop (the physical
WHITES 88 Trio Sauvignon Blanc 2004 Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileBC $14.95 Special Order - Select Wine MerchantsRipe passion fruit, gooseberry, butter, kiwi aromas with a slightly smoky, grassy edge. Round, soft, elegant and clean with
91 Burrowing Owl Syrah 2003 Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaBC $29.95 WineryVery dark cherry colour. Big smoky, dried lychee, sausage meat aromas with peppery, licorice root, blackberry jam notes. Rich, round, fat and ripe with blackberry
I've come to the conclusions that the two largest impediments to enjoying wine as it affects most consumers is the quality of the corkscrew they own and the shape of the glass they are using when they drink wine. I say this now after travelling all summer,
Keith and Lynn Holman proudly announce the purchase of Lang Vineyards. Harmon Farms currently owns Benchland Vineyards, Mistral Estate Winery, and Spiller Estate Winery. Guenther Lang, who founded Lang Vineyards 15 years ago as BC's first
Even before the formal September 10 launch of its wines, Laughing Stock Vineyards has become an instant cult winery, with most of its initial 800 cases already pre-sold. The buzz around this new Naramata Bench winery is widespread. Here is one example:
Free trade has never been a phrase used to describe the convoluted business of selling liquor in Canada and as a result the provincial liquor monopolies, with the exception of Alberta's open market, rule the roost. Two weeks of traveling across southern
Local wine distributors were anticipating the colour of chic to be pink this summer. Unfortunately, the Vancouver port shutdown trapped much of that enthusiasm inside containers instead of where it looks best ― on city patios. Interest in rosé
Sideways, the movie, has come and gone from the big screen but not without having a significant impact on North American pinot noir sales. Almost overnight, the grape that was barely known outside the inner circle of wine-dom, has arrived in the glare
Lawrence Page, President of Saturna Island Family Estate Winery has announced the appointment of Daniel Lagnaz as winemaker. Mr. Lagnaz brings to this position 35 years of experience in all facets of winemaking. His experience has been gained in
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