Icon Fine Wines & Spirits is a wine and spirit agency located in Yaletown that features predominantly family-owned boutique wine produced from major wine regions of the world, as well as niche spirits and imported craft beer. I was invited…
Washington State has an amazingly large number of wineries. 800+ wineries. Compare that to the 273 wineries in British Columbia. Washington State has much more land available for viticulture. In BC we are quite constricted by our mountain ranges in…
Chinese Year of the Red Fire Monkey Chinese New Year Day of Red Monkey is on February 8, 2016. According to chinesefortunecalendar.com, “…According to Chinese Five Elements Horoscopes, Monkey contains Metal and Water. Metal is connected to gold. Water is connected to…
Here is my last wine review for 2015. It has been an amazing year of trying wines from around the world, and meeting with wine makers from around the world. BC’s winery list continues to grow, and winery regions as…
In 2015, I only rated 7 wines with 5 stars. There were many wines that came close to my idea of perfection in a glass, and many of these I gave 4.5 stars. These are amazing wines still and I…
Who is Calliope Wines? The Wyse Family, founders of Burrowing Owl Estate Winery, has a second label called Calliope, which pays homage to a tiny hummingbird found in southern British Columbia. The grapes for Calliope wines are sourced from local…
Beer and wine lovers; dog and cat lovers. Can they co-exist or appreciate each other? That latter question was tackled at the Cornucopia seminar on “Craft Beer for Wine Lovers“. I must admit that I do appreciate beer, so it…
You have probably tried a southern Rhone wine, such as a Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Maybe not knowing the grapes that go into it, these wines are quite enjoyable and very food friendly. The Rhone Valley is located in southeastern France between Lyon…
The Wines of British Columbia shone at The Judgment of BC Wine Tasting with Steven Spurrier and DJ Kearney today. Steven Spurrier, the Consultant Editor at Decanter magazine, headed the famous Judgement of Paris in 1976 (which was made into…
Yes, I know Father’s Day is a few days away, but here is a great wine and food pairing, which you could offer to your father or husband, on an IOU, if it takes too long to order both items.…