February 19, 2015 will be the Chinese New Year; the Year of the Sheep. Haywire Wines from Summerland in the Okanagan have released their second vintage of the Lunar New Year wine. I was privileged to try their first release…
I first posted this article 2 years ago, and the styles of wines that I described then, still hold for your turkey or ham Thanksgiving dinner this year. The wine vintages from the wineries below will have changed, but these…
At a certain quality level of wine, which typically comes from wineries that have decided to spend the extra effort on selecting grapes from the best vineyard plots, hand picking and sorting the grapes, and letting the grapes express themselves…
Everyone probably knows what is Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay wine if it is mentioned. But there are many grape varieties that maybe not that well known, outside of the wine geeks like me. Time for that to change. Mt. Boucherie…
Iconic wines from France. Your mind probably jumped to Bordeaux, Burgundy, or Champagne. But there are iconic wines across each of the wine regions of France. During this seminar at the Vancouver International Wine Festival, we were introduced to an…
Burgundy produces arguably the the most characterful wines in the world. For those who don’t know, Burgundy is famous primarily for Pinot Noir and for Chardonnay, but also is known for Gamay (which makes Nouveau Boujoulais). The region is divided…