Mar
06
2012
Last week the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival finished, and more work began for me. Last week was about tasting the wines from Chile and from many other wineries around the world. This week starts my writing my experiences in seminars and in the International Festival Tasting room. I made the following recommendations for Chilean [...]
Feb
02
2012
In case you didn’t know, Chile is the Theme Country this year at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. But you may not know which wineries will be there? The Remedy… I have the list here for you. With my many years past association with the South World Wine Society I can let you know [...]
Feb
13
2011
This week I attended the IVSA‘s latest tastings of new wine and spirits in the Vancouver area. There was at least 70 different tables from my quick count, with each table offering 5-10 different wines. As such, I was not able to try everything offered, but hopefully I was able to find a few gems, [...]
Sep
26
2010
This October, I spent two weeks touring Chile, which of course included visiting several wineries. I had made appointments ahead of time with the winemakers so that I could go through their wines with them, as they would be the best knowledge of their wines. The Chilean people are very hospitable. My meetings with the [...]