Traditionally prized for long-lived and sun-driven red wines, Spain has had a white awakening of late, with forward-thinking producers planting ever higher, cooler sites to white grapes. It’s not solely the threat of climate change prompting the
The vineyards of France’s Rhone Valley have a 2000 year old history, reaching back to the ancient Greeks. The vinous tradition has survived and thrived up to present day, with vineyards stretching 250 km from Lyon in the north, south to the Mediterranean
2022 has been good to the Champenois. The harvest has been widely touted as a success, with the Comité Champagne describing this year as a “solar” vintage due to the intense summer heat. Unlike recent years, there has been less than
Following the last couple of years' bubbling stream, sparkling wine sales continue to rise. It's not just champagne that the market is hungry for (when they can find it), but all kinds of sparkling, from Prosecco to pét-nat and Crémant through
Sicily, the largest Mediterranean island, has been producing wine for 3,000 years, with vinous influence from the Greeks, Phoenicians, Arabs, and Italians. Known in ancient times as Sicania and Trinacria for its triangular shape, it's instantly identifiable
On the first morning of judging at the 2022 National Wine Awards Canada (NWAC), my panel tasted two Chardonnay flights and awarded gold medal scores in both cases. It's indicative of the strength of the category, proven by an outstanding four Platinum
The GOW team reports from the floor of the 22nd annual National Wine Awards of Canada, taking place this year, June 19 - 24, in Niagara Falls, Ontario. TREVE: It's day 3 of NWAC22, and my dream team panel (Michael Godel and Brent Muller) has just
It's think pink, drink pink season. Rosé wines reach from bone dry and savoury, to sparkling and celebratory, and through to sweet and sultry. Just as pink is the halfway hue between white and red on the colour spectrum, drinking pink offers up
We know California is full of cool kids, but it's hard to know it's full of cool wines from our seats up in BC. Cool climate wines that is. Many winemakers and winegrowers are entirely on board with the international trend towards fresher, lighter, lower-throttle
Sangiovese is a prolific Italian red grape, deriving its name from the Latin sanguis Jovis, the blood of Jupiter. Though it is the most important grape of central Italy, from Romagna through Lazio, Campania, and Sicily, it is more famous as the only component
GoGamayGo. This humble hashtag, coined years ago by Canada's own Dr. Janet Dorozynski, has united gamay fans globally and become a rallying collective for a misunderstood red grape. Gamay isn't geeky anymore, long-shackled to the marketing mechanics
Need wine for Valentine's Day? Here is a timely list for you to woo your beloved or intended. Chocolates are cliché, and rosés win out over roses any day. What about swapping the overpriced heart-shaped box for something that will get your
I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt overwhelmed by all the material: new terms, foreign words, spitting in public. I recall how my ears perked
Following last year's upward stream, sparkling wine sales outside of Champagne continue to rise. Perhaps folks are combatting Covid troubles with bubbles, and Champagne's price point certainly makes it a challenging regular consumption. But, more telling
No, the world won’t run out of champagne. But it might feel like it this year. The global supply chain has many broken links, and the cumulative effects have been domino-tipping disastrous. From glass supply (currently up to one year in arrears)
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