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5 Star wines are the top of my rating scale. It takes a lot to convince me to give a 5 star rating to a wine. I look for a balance of acidity, tannins, sweetness, fruit, oak and alcohol, as applicable for red, white, fortified, and sparkling wines. These 7 wines below have everything I am looking for in a…
The Wines of British Columbia shone at The Judgment of BC Wine Tasting with Steven Spurrier and DJ Kearney today. Steven Spurrier, the Consultant Editor at Decanter magazine, headed the famous Judgement of Paris in 1976 (which was made into the movie “Bottle Shock”). The Judgement of Paris carried out two blind tasting comparisons: one of Chardonnays and another of…
Have you noticed some of the large billboards are showing Mallee Rock wines in Vancouver? I saw this a few weeks ago, then was contacted about the wines. Mallee Rock Wines is from S. E. Australia and are marketing two of their wines to us; their Shiraz Cabernet 2013, and Pinot Grigio 2014. The name of the winery recalls the…
Writing articles about wines you tasted, seminars and dinners you attended, plus editing videos I shot for the Vancouver International Wine Festival, takes a lot of time and effort, but I can now say that I have finished my tasks. In case you may have missed an article or a video I posted on my youtube channel, I thought a…
Did you know that Australia’s Barossa Valley contains some of the oldest vineyards in the world? There is some vineyards dating back to 1843. To help recognize these, and other aged vines in Australia, in 2009 the Barossa Old Vine Charter was instituted. The Charter groups vineyards into 4 categories by age: Old (vines greater than or equal to 35…
If you checked through my previous article on my favourite Australian wines from the Vancouver International Wine Festival, you would not have seen the wines below from Inland Trading Co (ITC), and you may have wondered why. The wines from this agency were being talked about so highly amongst the trade, and there was a continuous lineup to taste the…
G’Day to all my wine drinking mates. The Aussies came in force to the Vancouver International Wine Fest and showed off their best, from Shiraz to Chardonnay and many other varietals and blends in between. I can say that the wines I tasted were Fair Dinkum. Some of the wines really caught my eye so I thought I’d share these…
Australia is a big country, from east to west covering 4000 km, which in Canadian terms would be about the distance from Calgary to Quebec City. As with Canada’s east and west coasts, there is a difference in climate, there is also in Australia. This dinner, this evening we discovered the regional differences between Australia’s west coast – Margaret River…
Yesterday marked the official launch of the 2015 Vancouver International Wine Festival Kick Off, held at Joeys Restaurant downtown at the Bentall Centre. We had Harry Hertscheg, Vancouver International WIne Festival executive director, start off the Kick Off telling us about the wine festival, its many participating wineries, dinners and other events this year, and about Bard on the Beach,…
The Vancouver International Wine Festival 2015 is coming upon us quickly, with the Festival starting on February 20. There will be 170 wineries in attendance from 14 different countries in attendance. At the Acura International Festival Tasting Room in the Vancouver Convention Centre, there will be more than 750 wines available for sampling. It is of course not possible to…
Video Guide Uncorks the Story of British Columbia Wines. Buy Now.
