Canadian Winery Spotlight: Creekside Estate Winery
Last year on the Wine Blog, I highlighted a few of my favourite wines from Creekside Estate Winery. This month, Creekside is My Wine Canada's featured wine club winery which...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: JoieFarm
For over ten years now, British Columbia’s JoieFarm winery has been producing wines that can be considered ‘the Okanagan in a glass.’ Though that sounds cliché, from where I’m swirling...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: Benjamin Bridge
A few weeks ago one of the most highly regarded and well known sommeliers of the US was visiting Montréal. He had his priorities straight: poutine, bagels, smoked salmon and...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: Rollingdale Winery
I first met Steve Dale, the proprietor and winemaker of West Kelowna, BC’s Rollingdale Winery over ten years ago when I was managing Aurora Bistro in Vancouver. Chef Jeff Van...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: Hillside Winery
Hillside Winery may be new as a My Wine Canada partner winery, but they’re certainly no spring chicken when it comes to producing great-quality whites and reds in the Okanagan...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: LaStella Winery
Just yesterday, I had a chance to sit with Rasoul Salehi, managing partner and director of sales and marketing for British Columbian sister wineries Le Vieux Pin and LaStella. I’ve...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: Casa Dea Estates Winery
In 2001, long before Prince Edward County was the hottest up-and-coming wine region in the country, there were only a few sparse wineries. One of these pioneers began as Peddlesden...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: Tightrope Winery
I remember tasting the wines from Tightrope for the first time. I was in Whistler to present at Cornucopia, a festival that celebrates food and wine. A friend drew my...