We had the opportunity to meet with California winemaker David Coventry of Talbott Vineyards at the 2019 Vancouver International Wine Festival. In this short video, we ask the Monterey County native for an overview of the Monterey AVA and the current
During a visit to Vancouver last year, we met with charismatic winegrower, husband, father and proud Argentine José Alberto Zuccardi. Over the years, the Zuccardi Winery, first founded in 1963, has morphed onto several fronts involving all of José
About 30 minutes from Walla Walla, I begin to wonder if I’ve made a wrong turn. I’m surrounded by wheat fields and silos, without a grapevine, or even a sweet onion, the state vegetable, in sight. And that continues into town. A sign on the
There are wine shows, and then there is ProWein. This year’s edition, recently finished, counted 6,870 exhibitors from 64 countries, and over 60,000 trade visitors from 133 countries. For three days every March, Düsseldorf, a small city on
Where do we go, which wineries do we visit, how do we get in and a million other questions come our way every day about touring the Okanagan Valley. For answers, we thought we would start by asking an expert to find out first-hand what it's like to
The Penticton Lakeside Resort is our preferred hotel when staying in the central Okanagan. It's located at the southern tip of Okanagan Lake within walking distance to Penticton city restaurants and the formidable Saturday morning Penticton Farmer's Market.
In mid-July I joined hundreds of fellow wine folk in Niagara to celebrate the original cool grape: chardonnay. The seventh annual International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4c) saw 59 wineries from nine countries pour 159 chardonnays over
Earlier this week we wrapped the seventeeth National Wine Awards of Canada in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Alongside 21 of Canada’s top wine judges (my wine family) we tasted some 1700 wines over five days, rolling through 2400 Zwilling Prédicat
A wine trip to the Veneto region can begin in various places, but it is difficult to imagine a better spot than Venice. Even better if you bookend it. With Venice. This place is like no other, and on top of that, they are even banning luggage on
Based on the west coast, I’m fortunate to visit Portland and the Willamette a few times annually. In fact, the driving time from Vancouver is about the same to the Willamette as it is to the Okanagan (five hours, not counting the US/CAN border).
Anthony Gismondi's On the Road video series tours 26 wineries in the Okanagan, Similkameen and Lillooet regions. These videos include insights from vineyard owners and winemakers and a glimpse of the beautiful scenery of each area. Click to see the
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