At the end of a week in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, at the seventeenth Wine Align National Wine Awards, 24 judges have managed to whittle down 1700 entries to about 350 heading for the final rounds. Full competition results will be announced sometime in mid-July
It is South Africa week at GOW. After a frustrating decade of waiting for something decent to show up in BC Liquor Stores we are looking elsewhere for wines led by the intrepid Treve Ring. I'm off to The Post Hotel Wine Summit Lake Louise 2017 to work
As some of Canada’s wineries prepare for another showing at Canada House in London next week, we would remind all Canadian wineries that shipping deadlines for the 2017 Wine Align National Wine Awards are fast approaching, especially in the west.
The travel cranks up this month. Treve is back in London judging at the IWC and I’m on my way to the south Okanagan Valley for the season opening, broadcast of the Best of Food and Wine’s Grape Escape at Hester Creek, Saturday morning
We are working hard here and we need your help. Your access to GOW is free, and will stay that way, but once in a while we need you to like our Facebook page and repost a favourite story. Treve is heading home from South Africa with a wealth of notes
Spring has arrived and while the weather isn’t co-operating we are preparing for the inevitable onslaught of fresh white and rosé wines heading our way. Treve is in South Africa judging at the National Wine Challenge while back home we are
The wine world is in Dusseldorf, Germany this week at ProWein 2017 where our Treve Ring is no doubt prowling tasting rooms and the fizz bar, gathering intel on the latest juice from around the globe. Back home we are pumping out the reviews
We spoke to a variety of wine folks over the past few weeks and asked them what, if anything, natural wine means to them. Later today we launch a video series of their responses. You can post your comments on the debate on our Gismondi On Wine
The 40th Vancouver International Wine Festival returns to its regular late February dates in 2018 and officials have announced Spain and Portugal will be the theme countries. That gives us a year to get to Spain and Portugal and to update our stories
The wine world is in Dusseldorf, Germany this week at ProWein 2017 and our Treve Ring is prowling tasting rooms, and the fizz bar no doubt, gathering intel on the latest juice from around the globe. Back home we are pumping out the reviews and stories
Snow continues to dog Vancouver as most residents long for some liquid sunshine, better known as snow removal. There’s always red wine and there will be plenty of it when the 39th Vancouver International Wine Festival opens next weekend with
Ten days into the new year and we are moving quickly at GOW. There are plenty of new notes to start the year and check out our Top Ten list which changes every Thursday. Today we have posted a ‘People’ story on Canadian Pier Luigi Tolaini
And so it begins, 2017 is upon us at Gismondi on Wine and we are excited to get the bottles rolling. You can expect a lot more from us this year as we implement a slightly more rigid publication schedule to chronicle all our adventures and wine tastings.
Merry Christmas everyone from all of us at Gismondi on Wine. Like the big fat man with the long white beard we have been very busy this month with stops in Italy, Chile, Argentina, England and France along with the release of hundreds of tasting notes
We wrap our sparkling wine coverage today with the GOW Champagne Annual 2017, a listing of our favourites grown in the chalky appellation. Over the next two weeks we will continue to publish a number of tasting notes in time for the Holidays and we will
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