Pair It Up! Wine and Salsa
Back in July of last year, MWC scribe Michelle Bouffard wrote about her favourite wine and taco pairings. Well, it just so happens she and I were in California last...
Pair It Up! Canadian Cuisine
I recently attended a wine dinner at Actinolite in Toronto where chef Justin Cournoyer's brand of local, Ontario cuisine was paired up with wines from the great naturalist Trentino producer...
Stag’s Hollow Winery: A Pioneer in B.C. Winemaking with Bold Reds & Unique Varietals
It was in 2003 when I managed a now-shuttered, sorely-missed restaurant on Vancouver’s East Side called Aurora Bistro. Chef and owner Jeff Van Geest had recently hung up his sous-chef...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: Oxley Estate Winery
Located in Harrow in Ontario’s Lake Erie North Shore region, Oxley Estate Winery’s a relative new kid on the block. In April 2010, they purchased what was then a vegetable...
Free Shipping! Summerhill Pyramid Winery
For nearly 30 years the Cipes family have been at the forefront of the organic winemaking movement in the Okanagan Valley with Summerhill Pyramid Winery. Long before receiving organic certification...
Canadian Winery Spotlight: Planters Ridge
Meet Nova Scotia's newest winery, Planters Ridge. Nova Scotia's wine scene has been gaining more attention recently, which we can chalk up to a rise in the number of great...
Top Wine Picks: New Favourites
I was just taking a gander at what’s new here at My Wine Canada, and can’t believe that in the short time we’ve been around, we’re now featuring wines from...
Pair It Up! Wine With Duck
For a moment, I felt like I was in a Seinfeld episode, or perhaps in the movie Groundhog Day. There was an unplanned recurring food theme during this past holiday:...