Canadian Wine Spotlight: Pearl Morissette
Pearl Morissette is a difficult spot to find, even if you know where you are going. Off Jordan Road in Niagara, down an unmarked driveway, the winery and storage facility...
The Friday Files: Gourmet Food & Wine Expo & More Canadian Wine News
Well, I guess they say "better late than never," riiight? Looks like another progressive step in bringing liquor policy into modern times is happening, this time evening the playing field...
Pair It Up! Chili
As the mercury drops, the snow piles up and the layers go on (at least here in Manitoba), I find myself craving hearty dishes that warm the soul. Chili: the...
The Friday Files: Icewine Harvests, Tragically Hip Wine & My Wine Canada Gift Certificates
As of Thursday, Kelowna's Tantalus Vineyards reports their icewine harvest is complete — the earliest ever for the winery. Overall, 2003 was the earliest icewine grape-picking, and 2014 looks to...
Wine 101: Finding Wine Faults, Part 2
Back in September, I’d posted a piece on wine faults. While this initially sounds boring or academic, the ability to discern if your wine is having, er, ‘issues’, simply takes...
Pair It Up! Wine With Soup
As a sommelier, pairing wine with soup has always been a source of anxiety. It's not so much a flavour thing, as a texture thing. The concept of pairing one...
Spotlight on Black Widow Winery: Okanagan’s Hidden Gem
Shona and Dick Lancaster purchased their Okanagan Valley vineyard on the renowned Naramata Bench in 2000, but it wasn’t until 2006 that Black Widow Winery was built and they started...
The Friday Files: Weekly Canadian Wine News, Events & Fun Reads
From The Financial Post, comes an in-depth and enlightening article about the growth of foreign investment in Okanagan wineries. It's definitely worth the read: The new face of B.C. wine:...