I had an educational and fun tasting experience at the 2022 Northwest Wine Expedition Masterclass: Sustainability. We had Barbara Philip MW host the event with Alex Sokol Blosser, co-owner and winemaker, from Sokol Blosser Winery from Oregon, and Cam Matches,…
At the Vancouver International Wine Festival, I spent time at the International Festival Tasting room on Thursday and Friday to taste as many wines as possible. I published my Old World wine selections a few days ago and now it…
Have you ever heard of Top Drop Vancouver? It is a festival where 40 hand-selected wineries from around the world come to Vancouver and pour their wines for you. These wineries have to have a certain level of quality and…
Welcome to Part 2 of my article on the wines of Oregon and Washington that made a visit to Vancouver. In Part 1, I covered the wines from three Oregonian wineries, which you can read here. There are so many…
Do you know that the most predominant grape variety grown in Oregon is Pinot Noir? It tops out both red and white grape varieties at 59%. For white grape varieties, 14% of vineyards grow Pinot Gris and 7% grow Chardonnay.…
As we get to know our wine regions and sub-regions better in North America, in the USA and Canada we have been defining GIs (in BC) and AVAs in the USA. Today I was notified of two new AVAs across…
Candy Mountain is the second new AVA in Washington State recently. It is near the Red Mountain area in WA that produces wines that I really think are great quality. Here is the Press Release. ~~~ Candy Mountain Becomes Washington’s…
Just as we in British Columbia try to more rigorously define unique small grape growing regions, sub-geographical indication (sub-GI), the same is happening just south of the border with our Washington state neighbours. Here is a press release about their…
The Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020 had a GLOBAL CRU Seminar where top wineries from around the world discussed what is meant by “CRU”. Help put this puzzle together. There are lots of red wines to make the puzzle challenging. …
Although France was the theme country this year at the Vancouver International Wine Festival, there was a great contingent of wineries from around the world and from BC to pour their wines for us. Below are wines that I enjoyed…