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…
We all love drinking our BC wines. Although we do have a hotter climate in the South Okanagan, we still are overall a fairly cool climate region, doing well with aromatic white varieties, along with Pinot Noir and Gamay, as you…
I love Syrahs. They stand on their own two feet. No need for blending with other grapes. I enjoy their ruby colour in the glass; their aromas, especially blueberries; their full body, red/black berry flavours and sometimes white pepper that…
With every season, there is either grape growing, harvesting, vinification, aging, or bottling of wine. Recently I was happy to do some tasting in Vancouver of recently bottled wines from Le Vieux Pin and La Stella wineries. These two wineries…
Taste Washington is coming up quickly; just a little more than a month away. Besides the tasting room, where you can try so many wonderful Washington state wines, and food from local restaurants, there are also seminars you can attend.…
February 10, 2013 is a new Chinese New Year. This new year will be the Year of the Water Snake. It begins on the first day of the first lunar month (usually in late January or early February) and ends…
Yesterday Le Vieux Pin and sister winery, La Stella, opened their doors to select wine and food media in Vancouver to taste some of their newly released wines. There were 2 wines in particular that I concentrated on with notes,…
Today I was looking forward to the latest wine releases from Le Vieux Pin and La Stella wineries. In case you haven’t heard or tried wines from these two wineries, Le Vieux Pin makes wine in a French style, while…