
Trying to think of an exceptional quality wine to buy for someone in your family or a special friend? I have a few suggestions from the wines that I tasted over this past year. These wines cover all regions of…
Chardonnay, a grape variety that can cause great disparity in wine drinkers. There are many that fall into the “Anything But Chardonnay” camp, and others that love that it can have many different expressions; depending on the climate, soil, and…
In my last post I gave you my list of favourite white and sparkling wines that I tasted in 2012. Hopefully, you can buy a bottle or two for one of your holiday soirees. My follow-up to that article is…
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…
I really do enjoy finding wines that excite me, and I think you will also like. I’ve been to a Mark Anthony Brands Portfolio tasting and really enjoyed it. There were wines from all price points, and styles from red,…
This week I was invited to some major announcements from Okanagan Crush Pad. OCP was established in 2010 by Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie. The Crush Pad is located on Switchback Road in Summerland, BC. Their head wine maker is…
In the first part of my notes on the 31st Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival I talked about BC wines as this was the featured region. But there was more than just BC wines at the festival. I will spend…