There are so many ‘Canada 150’ lists, so please forgive us for yet another one. In our defence, we review wine every single day so we believe our list is as rigourous as it can be based on the thousands of Canadian wines we tasted over the
There's something about summer that makes us drink pink. Don't get me wrong - I love drinking rosé wines year round, though there is little better than sitting in the warm summer sunlight enjoying a refreshing glass of crisp, dry rosé. Think
At the risk of stereotyping the masculine gender, it's a dad’s kind of Top Ten this week : red wines in honour of Father’s Day. If you are grilling beef or pork or even venison or root vegetables, this is the list for you. Happy Father’s
Unsure what to do with gewürztraminer? Let's start with the pronounciation: both {geh VAIRTZ trah mee ner} and {geh vertz STRAW min ner} are acceptable versions, though most often folks will just shorten it to Gew. The name itself quite
The sun is here, and summer is just around the corner. Earlier this spring we posted our Top 10 Italian Reds under $25. With the Italians knowing a thing or two about enjoying the heat, here is the companion piece, our Top 10 (and ties) Italian whites
This week was the first spring edition of Top Drop Vancouver. The popular, purposefully-small, independent, annual wine festival has previously taken place in the autumn. Now in its forth vintage, the two-day fete combines the collective brainpower
Victoria Day long weekend is the unofficial kick off to camping, patios, boating and - importantly - BBQ season. Of course with everything from pizza to prawns to steaks to smores cooked on the 'cue, there is no one single style of BBQ wine to match.
This weekend celebrated the return of spot prawn season on the coast. Wild BC spot prawns are a delicacy known around the world for their sweet, delicate flavour and firm texture. The season is short, usually starting around mid-May and lasting for eight
Cat's pee on a gooseberry bush. That was my initial introduction to Kiwi sauvignon blanc. For a budding wine enthusiast this was at once terrifying (you want me to drink what?) and relieving (finally wine descriptors that make sense!) Of course, Sauvignon
There are few things more satisfying than a casual French bistro meal and a bottle of juicy red. Unpretentious, honest, satisfying sums up both the food and the wine. And, critically, the price; these are not expensive, fine dining experiences, but they're
A riesling top ten is long overdue and no matter how underrepresented it is as a varietal wine on restaurant wine lists, this week we encourage you to bag, bottle and drag a bottle of riesling to your favourite Thai, Chinese, Indian or Pan Asian restaurant
It seems like every humble grape has its own international day of celebration now. Malbec, however, was one of the first to be singled out and highlighted, fittingly, from Wines of Argentina, the black grape's ex-pat homeland. Approximately 75 percent
It finally feels like spring. Popping along with the cherry blossoms is the thoughts of sunny days, fresh halibut, early asparagus and Easter ham. These are all flavours that welcome sunshine in a glass, hence this week's Top 10: Spanish whites for spring. These
When it comes to starting a wine cellar it’s the “How-to-do-it question?” that we get a lot. To be brutally honest it takes a lot of perseverance and plenty of self-restraint not to mention some hard-earned cash, but it’s doable,
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