Real Wine is Here

By: Anthony Gismondi

The Week In Review

Close your eyes for a moment and January is almost gone.

I’ve been on Vancouver Island tasting and Treve has been touring Chile while behind the scenes we are already gearing up for the Vancouver International Wine Festival at the end of February. In one of the busiest ever months for posting wine reviews we are excited to officially launch our GOW Real Wine seals. Some of you may have been wondering about the Real Wine references in our tasting notes and what those black seals attached to the end of some of our reviews mean. Well, today we tell all. For those who live, breathe and taste wine daily it’s always exciting to taste unique wines that are simply different and special. These are wines that tell a story about place, producer, and time, providing transparency and authenticity, while being delicious and memorable. They are important wines, whether for drinking now, or cellaring for the future. We think of them as “Real Wines” and we hope you do to.

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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 30 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. In addition, Anthony hosts the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available as a podcast on major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, attracting one million monthly users from 114 countries. It continues to be a valuable resource full of tasting notes, intelligent wine stories and videos for the trade and consumers. Conversations with wine personalities are available on his YouTube Channel.