Some wine folks are larger than life. They come with an incredible capacity to work, and the best are very humble. Laura Catena is one such person whose return to the family business has seen her father's dream to be among the very best producers in the
In the finale of our video series, filmed in France, we visit passionate biodynamic advocate Gérard Bertrand at the center of his operations, Château L'Hospitalet, just outside his beloved hometown of Narbonne. We also had a chance to visit
This year, Jean-Claude Mas celebrates 20 years since he launched Les Domaines Paul Mas, the winery he named after his father. That it is 2020 adds a certain symmetry to the celebrations. After two decades of experience building a global wine company,
Alberto Arizu joined us in early September for an evening of food, wine and conversation at Vij's Restaurant in Vancouver. Arizu is the CEO of Bodega Luigi Bosca and a fourth-generation family member whose legacy dates back to 1901 when Arizu's great
This month, the GOW team attended a portfolio tasting at Trialto wines in Vancouver. We tasted some wines and shot some videos of the winemakers, owners and representatives of the wines. DJ Kearney summarises each of the wines featured and grouped
We attended a global wine tasting in Vancouver last month. While we were there we asked sixteen winery owners, winemakers and brand ambassadors from nine countries to present one wine they felt our readers should not miss, and to describe it in about
If you're looking for a wine, who better to tell you about it than those who know it best - the people who make it and talk about it every day? We captured 14 stories, told in 20 seconds or less, at a tasting which brought together
It's no exaggeration to state that Robert Mondavi Winery jump-started the culture of wine in Vancouver after they agreed to be the first and only participant of the first wine festival in Vancouver in 1979. Frankly, Vancouver’s wine culture has
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
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