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
Cabernet sauvignon may be the most planted grape variety in the world, but we’d argue it isn’t easy to find exciting examples under $50. You often get what you pay for–at least up to a point. While we’ll never wrap our heads around
Albariño reaches arguably its ultimate expression in Rías Baixas. It’s likely not a coincidence that the area spanning Galicia and northeast Portugal is also the grape’s ancestral home. It has a long, established history, with
Few grape varieties thrive across Canada, from coast to coast, like pinot noir. This list features our top scoring Canadian pinots tasted so far this year. (We've included just one wine per producer.) It's an impressive list, that takes you from Niagara
The National Wine Awards of Canada is a valuable pulse on the industry or respective industries across Canada. It provides an overall impression of where we've been and where we're going. If you let the wines guide you and taste what's in the glass, you
Red blends are ubiquitous across British Columbia and Ontario, translating to the second largest category at the National Wine Awards with 10.4% of entries. It’s one of the most challenging categories to judge. There’s a breadth of styles
This month's top ten highlights the most exciting sparkling wines that the GOW team have tasted so far this year. We've tried to highlight a range of regions, styles, and price points to match any occasion. 93/100Champagne Pierre Gimonnet &
Valle de Aconcagua is a region—or, more accurately, subregion—of contradictions. It is part of the larger Aconcagua regional DO, one of only six in Chile. Although Valle de Aconcagua is by far the smallest of its three subregions, it
There is no shortage of options to further your wine education. Whether you want to become a Master of Wine or learn the difference between Syrah and Shiraz, here are some options to get you started on the right path. WSET: The Wine & Spirit
This month's top ten looks at the top rosés the GOW team has recently tasted, highlighting some of the first releases from the promising 2022 vintage. 94/100Gérard Bertrand Clos du Temple Rosé Viognier 2020Cabrières,
In this month's top ten, we take a look at our top value picks widely available at BC Liquor Stores across the province. You don't have to break the bank to try fun new discoveries like Vermintino and Mencia, stock up on regional benchmarks such as Pewsey
In response to Dry January, a new trend has emerged called Damp January. The idea is to drink less but better, which we encourage regardless of the time of year. To that end, we've collected our top scoring BC wines from 2022 for this month's top 10 list.
Heading into the holiday season, here are ten top-value reds we've tasted over the last year. We've got you covered whether you're looking for something light and juicy (Haywire Gamay or Monte del Frá Bardolino), complex and savoury (Sella &
A key part of the Sicily story is its indigenous varieties, many of which are distinct to the island. Red Varieties Nero d’Avola The heat-seeking Nero d’Avola thrives across Sicily, and is the island’s most planted red variety.
Cabernet Sauvignon may not be one of the so-called signature varieties of Canadian wine, but it’s the category that shows the most potential for me. We’ve heard the story before. Cabernet Sauvignon is late-ripening and struggles to reach “optimal
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