Top Wine Picks: Best $15 Reds
Sometimes you're able to take your time and browse through wine products, perhaps you have a very specific idea of what you're looking for. Maybe you're going to a dinner...
Pair It Up: Fabulous Fall Fare
Here in Manitoba, we’re experiencing an abnormally warm bit of weather for this late in September — with temps in the mid- to high-20s, I fear we here on the...
Meyer & Me
It was early 2010 when I’d made the decision to take the big leap from working in the restaurant industry to becoming a self-employed wine consultant. As I was winding...
Pair It Up: 'Desert' Wine and Herbal Fare
Just yesterday I was at the BC Wine Institute’s ‘Colour’ fall release tasting event, but while I am usually an attendee at these things – I was actually earning my...
Wine 101: Wine Myths Debunked!
I’ve been around British Columbia wine country over the last couple of days, and I’ve found myself taking note of the many myths about wine that one overhears around tasting...
The Friday Files: Canadian Wine News – Videos, Articles & Events
The Montreal Gazette’s Bill Zacharkiw begins a fascinating (so far) four-part print and video series on Quebec wines. First stop: Chardonnay pioneers Les Pervenches in Farnham. Gold Medal Plates, a...
Food & Wine Pairing: The Ace Up Your Sleeve
I think that one of the points many wine writers and sommeliers really like to drive home is that people worry way too much about perfecting the art of food...
Bubbles and More from Elephant Island Orchard Wines
I remember the skepticism I felt when I first encountered the wines of Elephant Island. It must be the kind of skepticism Miranda and Del Halladay have to battle constantly....