Looking Forward

By: Anthony Gismondi

The Week In Review

The 47th Vancouver International Wine Festival is returning to Vancouver to celebrate the end of the long winter months.

The festival consistently revitalizes the local wine scene, which has been steadily cultivating a wine culture in B.C. since the late 1970s. This year, France is the theme, and the reliability of French wine offers comfort to attendees at a time when wine has temporarily lost some of its shine in the marketplace. There is no reason to panic, far from it. Instead, we should maintain our faith and keep doing what we do every day—seeking that special wine made by that special person who lives on the land, farms the land, and creates wines that enrich our lives and inspire us to find more memorable moments.

Written By: ag

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.