Pair It Up! Itâs Burger Time
Iâm all-out ready for barbecue season! Flippinâ burgers on the grill under the hot sun with friends around sounds pretty idyllic and, of course, wine fits into the picture nice...
The Friday Files: Montréal en LumiÚre & Vancouver International Wine Festival
In QuĂ©bec, the 16th edition of MontrĂ©al en LumiĂšre kicks off February 19th and finishes on March 1st. Switzerland is Ă lâhonneur and there's no lack of great events to...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: Haywire
I wouldnât start driving around British Columbiaâs Okanagan Valley trying to find Haywire winery because, simply put, there isnât a winery named Haywire in the Okanagan. So is it a...
Wine 101: The Price of B.C. Wine
I certainly heard it more when I was a full-time wine guy on the floor in restaurants, but itâs a question I field on occasion nowadays as well, whether leading...
The Friday Files: Valentineâs Day Wines & B.C. Liquor Laws
In Vancouver at The Province, wine guy James Nevison is in the mood for love with his Valentineâs Day wine picks, pondering that âPerhaps a rich red would make [Cupidâs]...
Wine 101: The Similkameen Valley
For those not intimately acquainted with British Columbian wine country, there might be some confusion or misconceptions whenever we mention a wine coming from the Similkameen. The majority of B.C....
Top Wine Picks! Whites for the Season
I canât believe weâre half-way through May already! Hopefully the random, lateâseason smatterings of snow across the country are behind us, so letâs brighten things up with a trio of...
The Friday Files: Science of Wine Grapes & Nova Scotian Icewine
The Ottawa Citizenâs Rod Phillips talks the general philosophy of appellation designation in a more global context. Up at Whistlerâs Pique Magazine, Anthony Gismondi calls the B.C. governmentâs strategy to...