Wine 101: Crash Course on Nova Scotia
Last week was my first visit to Nova Scotia's stunning wine country, and while I didn't get a chance to tour the region properly, I did get enough of a...
Wine 101: Syrah! Syrah!
Half of the My Wine Canada editorial team are across the pond! Michelle Bouffard and I are in France’s Rhône Valley this week for Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône, an...
Wine 101: How to Wine Shop
As I write this article, I am in Greece visiting wine regions and learning about local indigenous grape varieties. In Santorini alone, there are 50 different types of grapes: Aidani,...
Wine 101: Pink Ain't Sweet
It’s pink, it looks like Kool-Aid: it must be sweet! That’s what many wine drinkers associate rosé with. Those bottles of Mateus and White Zinfandel that were once so popular...
Wine 101: Serving Temps for Summer Whites
There’s nothing quite like cracking a chilled bottle of white wine on your deck, in your backyard, or on the balcony on a hot day. But serving/pouring your wine at...
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 it’s a question I field on occasion nowadays as well, whether leading...
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....
Wine 101: To Pick or Not to Pick?
With the exception of fruit for late harvest and icewine, here in Canada, grapes are harvested over the course of two(ish) months in the fall. On that we can mostly...