It’s the first day of spring, but we’ve been spring cleaning for the past week, clearing out a cache of wine reviews and making room for the new releases that start popping up like tulips at this time of year.
Expect to see many fresh white and rosé notes posted shortly – our first comprehensive look at the 2014 vintage. I’m just home from ProWein, where 6,000 global producers met to show their wares. Everyone I spoke with is concerned with what is going on with B.C Liquor policy and many top producers are contemplating skipping the market until our government and the trade get their ducks in a row. Closer to home, Treve is headed to Edmonton and Northern Lands next week, the inaugural Canadian craft wine, beer and spirits festival, dedicated to uniting independent producers with Canadian chefs and consumers. She will be joining a panel of international wine judges and leading seminars on Canadian sparkling wine and mythbusting food and wine pairing. If you see her there, say hello. Thanks again for visiting Gismondi on Wine where the scores are about the wines, not the reviewers.