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The second seminar I attended at VanWineFest 2025 was the “Three Rings of Sustainability“. Dr. Monique Bell (Professor of Marketing, Fresno State University) and Dr. Damien Wilson (Hamel Family Faculty Chair of Wine Business, Sonoma State University) lead a panel of principals as they explored the three rings of sustainability – environmental, social, and economic. We learned how sustainable wine…
Kevin Judd from the Greywacke winery in Marlborough, New Zealand, may not sound familiar to many readers, but Kevin is one of the pioneer winemakers in Marlborough. He was born in England and raised in Australia where he studied winemaking. In 1983 he moved to New Zealand and was the founding winemaker at Cloudy Bay, which all New Zealand wine…
Let’s welcome J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines to the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2025 and enjoy their wines from the Paso Robles region of California. Here is some background to the winery and a list of the wines they will be pouring at the International Festival Tasting Room. Enjoy. About J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines,…
The wine industry, long dominated by traditional glass bottles, is undergoing a significant transformation. Driven by environmental concerns, cost-efficiency, and changing consumer preferences, alternative wine packaging is gaining traction. This shift is about changing the container and redefining how we perceive and consume wine. In BC we also have to take into account the current requirements for BC wine…
Victoria Day has just passed in Canada and is known as our unofficial kick-off to summer. For your summer wine enjoyment, you may lean toward white wines. I have two white wines for you from Australia; The Pewsey Vale Estate Eden Valley Riesling 2022 which is fermented in stainless steel and the Yalumba The Y Series Viognier 2022 which has…
California is a leader in sustainable wine growing. According to California Certified Sustainable, 38% of California winegrape acres that they monitor are sustainable, and 188 Certified Wineries produce 202 million cases of wine (80% of California wine). That is remarkable and commendable. I have two bottles of Certified Sustainable Pinot Noir wines from California to review for you: Cambria Estate…
Wineries change hands over time, but you do not often hear of a winery with a vineyard going from monks to lay people. Monte del Frà is one of those wineries and we are lucky to have the winery attending VanWineFest 2024. Their wines are in our market already, but you can get a chance to speak with a winery…
Congratulations to Blue Grouse Estate Winery for making wines and helping out charities for their 10 years of being in business. It takes a lot of work. In case you haven’t tasted Blue Grouse wines or visited them on Vancouver Island, here is a press release for you. Cin cin. ~~~ This summer the team at Blue Grouse Estate Winery…
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, Sr Director of Sales, from Aquilini Beverage Group (Vancouver) from Washington to give us information about each state as it…
Do you know how wine producers in Champagne, France are working to combat climate change and be more sustainable? See below for some key highlights and initiatives from the region: Champagne was the first wine-growing region in the world to implement a carbon footprint assessment and identify the main sources of emissions. Since the region’s carbon footprint plan was enacted…
