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This 2025, Chile’s Viña Santa Carolina is celebrating a history of tradition, passion for wine, and a heritage that is still alive today, 150 years after its creation. Throughout its 150 years of existence, Viña Santa Carolina has changed owners only once, when it was acquired by the Larrain family, almost 100 years after its creation. To celebrate this historic…
Have you heard of Rewild Wine? A new brand to BC and to Canada from Australia. I recently received the Rewild Wine Cabernet Sauvignon 2022. According to Rewild this wine is “Sustainably made with minimal intervention, Rewild varietals are a tribute to their home in the Southern Murray Darling and the grapes that grow there. Fresh, vibrant, and easy-drinking, each…
At one time when we thought of quality sparkling wine, our thoughts would go to Europe; Champagne, Cava, Cremant, Franciacorta. But that is no longer the case. Quality sparkling wine can be found in BC as well as many southern hemisphere countries like Australia and the state of Tasmania, in particular. I have a Tasmanian and a BC sparkling wine…
Gambero Rosso is an Italian food and wine magazine and publishing group founded in 1986. Last year a selection of people from Gambero Rosso reviewed 2,647 Italian wineries and a total of 25,231 wines, rating them from 1 to 3 glasses according to the quality of the wines. Through a series of blind tastings, 498 wines were awarded their top…
This seminar, Challenge of the Red Titans, was fun. It was held Friday afternoon and we had spent the week preceding with serious discussions of Italian wines. We deserved a dash of fun, but the seminar still provided us with valuable information about Italian red wines. We learned a bit about how the big Italian blockbuster wineries are reshaping themselves…
I have been watching and tasting Yalumba‘s organic tier of wines for a few years. This year, I noticed “GEN” on the label. From the 2022 vintage, all Yalumba GEN wines will be Sustainable Winegrowing Australia (SWA) certified. Yalumba GEN is 100% certified organic (by Australian Certified Organic) meaning they use no chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides in their vineyard…
I received recommendations from a friend to visit Rosewood Winery & Meadery while I was visiting the Niagara region. I was curious to attend, in part because I had not tried mead. This winery, started in 2000, is owned by the Roman family and originated from Ukraine. They are also the only winery in Ontario with a license to produce…
Let’s toast Bodega Argento from Argentina at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2023. Read about their organic and sustainable winemaking from the winery. About Bodega Argento Our purpose is to lead Argentine viticulture in a sustainable way, respecting our environment and developing brands of high perceived value, traded internationally. Argento’s organic backstory starts in 2012 under the expert eye of…
Beaufort Vineyard & Estate Winery is a small family-run winery (by Sylie Senay and Rolland Tanguay and their son, Alex Guertin) in Courtney – Comox on Vancouver Island. I had not heard of the winery, but as I was nearby I thought I would check-in. The winery is certified organic and also follows regenerative and sustainable agriculture. They grow 10…
When I am on vacation, if there is a winery nearby, I will usually drop by. In this case, 40 Knots Winery is in Comox, just 30 minutes away from Campbell River, so I popped in to say hi to Brenda Hetman-Craig, Owner of 40 Knots, and to sample some of her wines on their patio. This was my first…
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