Happy Canada Day

By: Anthony Gismondi

The Week In Review

As Ontario takes another year to ponder whether Canadians living in that province can buy Canadian wine made in British Columbia, BC wineries are steaming ahead with a plethora of new developments.

This month's stories and videos feature: Phantom Creek Estates now open to visitors; Project B, a wine collaboration forged between UK-based Boutinot Wines and BC winemaker Michael Bartier; the sale of Unsworth Vineyards in the Cowichan valley to famed Californians Barbara Banke and Julia Jackson co-owners of Jackson Family Wines; and finally Mission Hill Family Estate completely changes its visitor model, emphasizing education and experiences over assembly-line tasting bars. As always, you'll find new tasting notes posted here almost every day. Sign up for our free, monthly newsletter for special wine picks and the first look at exclusive stories here.

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 37 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. He is also the host of the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, which is broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available globally as a podcast on all the major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, which now attracts more than one million monthly users from 114 countries. It remains a valuable resource, offering tasting notes, insightful wine stories, and videos for the trade and consumers. His extensive collection of videos featuring wine personalities is available on the Gismondi on Wine YouTube Channel.