Victoria Estate, a winery with a brief and frankly poor wine history, is changing its name and focus and has signed a big time winemaker with the credentials to actually make majority owner Kim Pullen's dreams come true. Sources tell me Californian winemaker
WALLA WALLA, Wash. - (May 19, 2005) - The innovative Walla Walla restaurant 26 brix has a novel twist on the convention of matching beef with red wine: serving beef that's been raised on red wine. More precisely, the pomace - or skins - of cabernet sauvignon
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that American consumers may purchase wine direct from out-of-state wineries, striking down laws banning the practice. The five to four decision strikes down laws in the lucrative New York and Michigan markets that
The June Issue of Wine Access is out and the dual cover, one for the east and one for the west, previews our guide to Canadian wine country. Look for it on newsstands near you. COVER FEATUREOur Great Canadian Wine Issue: Following British Columbia
If there is a single, noble, grape variety that spells Spain most would agree it's tempranillo even if most Spaniards can not agree on a single name to refer to the country's most famous red grape. Unlike most classic grapes, think riesling,
Andres Wines Ltd. has announced that it has executed an agreement with Uniinvest Holding AG, in liquidation, of Zurich, Switzerland to purchase 100% of the common shares of Cascadia Brands Inc. ('Cascadia') of Vancouver, British Columbia. The transaction
88 Black Hills Nota Bene 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot - Cabernet FrancOkanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaBC $31.95 Winery OnlyYear four of Nota Bene is the best yet from the tiny South Okanagan winery but it remains a work in progress. The nose
With the help of some major winemakers the Vancouver chapter of the Australian Wine Appreciation Society selected six top Australian shiraz to be tasted against six shiraz/syrah wines chosen from the rest of the world. The wines were tasted blind, and
It's easy to get carried away when you are tasting the "home town" wines if only because you want them to show well, but that's why we go to great lengths to taste most B.C. wines alongside similar wines from the rest of the world. At gismondionwine.com
If there is one country that's been spinning its wine wheels in Canada for most of the last decade, it has to be Chile. A decade of promise has come and gone for the long, thin country that looked so ready to jump to a new level in the 1990s. Today,
Okanagan Wine Festivals' 2005 Best of Varietal The 11th Okanagan Spring Wine Festival announced the results today at a special industry awards ceremony for the 2005 Best of Varietal Judging Competition sponsored by Metro Label and Columbia Packaging.
WHITES 87 Flagstone Noon Gun 2004 Riesling - Chenin Blanc - Chardonnay - Pinot Blanc - Sauvignon Blanc - SemillonWestern Cape, South AfricaBC $12.99 SpecialtyAnother 'everything but the kitchen sink' white blend made from six grapes. The nose
California wine producers, still reeling from the unanticipated demand for pinot noir generated by the hit movie Sideways, are bracing for another wave of buyers with the release of the wine-country comedy in video stores. Sideways follows unrecovered
If, like me, you believe the new red wine is white, sauvignon blanc is well-positioned to take advantage of the natural pendulum swing that will lead opinion makers and leading edge wine sippers away from red and back to white wine this year. But
Which are the best-tasting, least-expensive wines on the market? It's the question I am asked most by consumers and while I don't mind sharing my picks, the truth is there are very few wines under $10 that are worth drinking. Government taxes are a part
Wine drinkers with a bent for local wines will want to take advantage of a rare Vancouver appearance of just about every producer making wine on the Okanagan Valley's Naramata Bench. In all, 13 wineries will be in Vancouver this Tuesday evening when
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