Trade Day Wines

By: Geoffrey Moss MW

46th Vancouver International Wine Festival picks

Top Ten

At the Vancouver International Wine Festival, most wineries pour a fifth wine reserved for the trade sessions.

If you're lucky, they may just happen to be under the table for the consumer events. It never hurts to ask for a cheeky pour, with a compelling list of wines on offer. Here are five wines you don't want to miss:

Unsworth Vineyards 2022 Pinot Noir (Cowichan Valley) - $39.90

The benchmark producer in Cowichan Valley, this is Vancouver Island pinot at its best.

Robert Mondavi 2021 Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) - $112.99

Robert Mondavi's legacy is in good hands under Director of Winemaking Kurtis Ogasawara.

Salentein 2019 Single Vineyard "Las Secuoyas" Chardonnay $59.99

One of Mendoza's top wineries, this is world-class chardonnay from Salentein's high-altitude San Pablo vineyard at 1600m elevation.

Adelsheim 2021 Ribbon Springs Vineyard Pinot Noir (Oregon) - $117.49

A pioneer of the Willamette Valley, this pinot noir shows the distinct earthiness of Ribbon Ridge AVA

Signorello 2021 Signori Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) - $233.99

If you have the opportunity to taste Signori, you take it.

Written By:

Geoffrey Moss MW

Geoffrey Moss MW, a wine reviewer/critic and contributor at Gismondi on Wine, earned his Master of Wine in August 2020. Born in Ontario, with a degree from McGill University in Political Science, Moss' resume includes working for premium brands, including with Don Triggs and family at Culmina Estate Winery, and then as part of the team for the ambitious, 100-million-dollar Phantom Creek Estates project, seeing its brand and winery emerge from scratch to full realization. Moss opened Lithica Wine Marketing in 2019. He runs his wine consulting business from Penticton, British Columbia, in the heart of the Okanagan Valley.