Yesterday Le Vieux Pin and sister winery, La Stella, opened their doors to select wine and food media in Vancouver to taste some of their newly released wines. There were 2 wines in particular that I concentrated on with notes,…
A Sneek Peek of the 4th Annual Taste of Tulalip
We are less than a month away from the Taste of Tulalip, wine and food event held at the Tulalip Resort Casino, in Washington State. The casino invited a few of the food and wine media to get a sneek…
My Wine Gems from the Mark Anthony Portfolio Tasting
Every year Mark Anthony Wine Merchants have a portfolio tasting of their wines from around the world. Every year I am impressed by wineries that I know, and new wineries I have yet to try. This year I have tasty…
A Taste of the New Fall Menu at Beachside Forno West Vancouver
With the changing seasons we have changes in menus at our restaurants. Last week Dianne Chow and I went to Beachside Forno in West Vancouver to have a sample of items from their new fall menu. We were greeted by…
Tasting ALIVE Organic Wines from Summerhill Winery
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to interview Ezra Cipes, CEO of Summerhill Pyramid Winery, located in Kelowna, BC. One of the things Ezra told me about was a new line of BC VQA wines that they are…
Enjoying Tyrrell’s Wines at the Australian Wine Appreciation Society
This was my first wine maker dinner with the Australian Wine Appreciation Society. Held at the Fish House in Stanley Park, Mr. Bruce Tyrrell from Tyrrell’s Wines regaled us with stories of his family’s past and about the wines we…