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Week in Review
Monday, December 8 2025
12 · 08Season's Greetings from all of us at Gismondi on Wine
As the year winds down, we continue to taste and rate wines much as we have online since 1991. Of particular interest this month are our extensive notes on all the sparkling wines we tasted this year and Champagne Master Treve Ring's annual report on Champagne. Alison has come up with some favourite Canadian discoveries this year, as well as some returning favourites from Europe. Geoffrey Moss MW discusses Portugal, and we have several Holiday Wine guides ready to help you complete your shopping in record time.
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BC Food and Wine RadioBC Food and Wine Radio launched on September 6, 1997, as The Best of Food and Wine with Tony and Kasey Wilson in the CFUN studios on West...
Mission Hill 2025 National Wine Awards of Canada Winery of the YearThe Okanagan hilltop winery with the stunning vistas has returned to the top of the heap once again at the 2025 WineAlign National...
2025 WineAlign National Wine AwardsAfter posting 20 consecutive years of growth, the sparkling wine category took a step back in 2023 and 2024 in the US and Canada. However,...
The Wine Align National Wine Awards of CanadaThis year, the National Wine Awards of Canada celebrates a quarter-century of our once-a-year snapshot of Canadian wines. As the...
From Disaster to Short Term ReplacementsThis month, the GOW tasting team offers an early look at some of the replacement, or Crafted in British Columbia wines, made in response...
The Rhone Valley is Leaning WhiteI've just returned from the Rhône Valley, France's second largest wine growing region, producing nine percent of the country's...
Contributors
Cheese Pleaseby: Allison Spurrell
Winter Cheese Recipes
Now that the cooler weather has set in and December is just around the corner, it seems like the perfect time to talk about cheese recipes. There are so many cheesy dishes that seem more delicious when the fire is lit and the wind is howling outside. Let’s get down to it. It's time to chat about melted cheese. Fondue Fondue is a Swiss dish typically made with two or more Swiss mountain cheeses, melted in warm wine and served with cubed bread, sausages, or dried meats, along with pickles...Read More ...
by: HJ Cha
Pere Ventura: A Legacy Reimagined
For decades, Cava was better known for its accessibility, a sparkling wine appreciated for its affordability rather than its sense of place, despite being made in the same traditional method as Champagne. In recent years, however, the Cava DO has become one of the most dynamic names in the sparkling wine world, driven by efforts to reclaim its distinct identity, strengthen transparency, and elevate quality and sustainability while remaining grounded in tradition...Read More ...
From the TreveHouseby: Treve Ring
The Exciting Wines of South Africa NOW
If you’ve followed my writing / posts / seminars for the last decade+ you’ll have felt my utmost sincerest admiration and appreciation for the vanguard of South African wine. As far as I look, and taste, I can’t find of another wine country that is more exciting, revolutionary, and current than South Africa. Every visit, tasting, vineyard walk, and conversation reinforces that inspiration...Read More ...
