Okanagan-based Poplar Grove Winery has named Ingo Grady as Estate Director. A 30-year industry veteran, Grady previously held senior executive roles at Grady Wine Marketing, Mission Hill Family Estate, and Phantom Creek Estates. As Estate Director, he
The Symington family, with Scottish, English and Portuguese ancestry has been present in the Douro for five generations, since 1882. We catch up with Rupert Symington at his very busy booth at the Vancouver International Wine Festival to talk about a
There are a lot of winemakers in Vancouver this week at the 40th Vancouver International; Wine Festival but few if any come with the knowledge and experience of Kendall-Jackson’s Winemaster Randy Ullom. The 65-year-old Ullom is a senior vice president
Though Trapiche, pronounced tra-peach-chay, is intrinsic with Argentina's New World of winemaking, it's worth remembering that this iconic winery was established in 1883, making it one of Argentina's oldest wineries. When Tiburcio Benegas bought a 250-hectare
The folks at New District asked us to put together a quarterly wine pack to offer to their customers. Our second selection, now on offer, is a choice of six wines made under the direction of Italian winemaker/consultant Alberto Antonini. Alberto's work
Giulio Caporali founded Tenuta Valdipiatta in the late 1980s to pursue a dream. Along the way he managed to elevate the Valdipiatta estate to become one of the most respected producers of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano in Tuscany. In 2002, he turned over
Last fall I spent a week in Portugal’s Douro Valley with The Douro Boys during harvest. Though they don’t quite qualify as ‘boys’, the five men (and their wives, daughters, and sons) behind the innovative collective all possess
I admit I’m a bit late to the Pier Luigi Tolaini wine party. Louie, as he was recently introduced to me, lives in Winnipeg, at least part of the year. The rest of the time he is Pier Luigi, the owner of Tenuta Tolaini in Chianti Classico, just outside
Last year I caught up with Lake Breeze winemaker Garron Elmes in a Vancouver Sun BC Winegrowers video where we covered a number of topics regarding the Naramata Bench winery. In view of the recent Lake Breeze performance at the WineAlign National Wine
When we muse about carrying on the family business in North America, we generally collectively refer to the second or third generation. “My dad was a farmer and I’ve taken over the family farm.” If you’re tracing your inherited
Jean-Claude Mas was born in a winemaking environment in the Languedoc, in Pézenas. At the age of three, during the harvest, he escaped from his mother and ran 2.5 kilometres to meet his grandfather in the cellar. It was a moment never forgotten
Cooler nights, shorter days, festive gatherings, celebrations; whatever the reasoning, Vintage Port and winter pair well together. In 2015, an additional reason for Port celebrations: the 200th birthday of Fonseca Port. Now firmly established and seated
Carlo Mondavi is enjoying a bit of lunch, before heading out for some appointments among clients who love the wine he and his father Tim Mondavi have made each year since 2005. It is called Continuum, for ample reasons, not the least of which is Carlo’s
Jimmy McEwan began his career at the illustrious Bowmore Distillery on the island of Islay, the southwesternmost part of Scotland, in 1963. He was an apprentice cooper. An aptitude for all things single malt whisky was one thing; a gift for communicating
A case-full of years have passed since Allen Shoup launched a highly ambitious Walla Walla project designed to catch the wine world’s imagination. Preposterous is one way to describe the idea: seven acclaimed winemakers, who didn’t need any
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