Writing on Canadian Wine by the MWC team Kurtis Kolt (BC), Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson (MB) Jake Skakun (ON), Michelle Bouffard (QB) and various national guest contributors.
Hot on the heels of Sarah Machielsen’s post here last week on wine podcasts, I thought I'd share some wine-related multimedia goodness that’s been front and centre for me lately. In short, wine stuff I’m diggin’ right now, and I hope you’ll like ‘em, too. Continue reading
Jamie Goode, the highly regarded journalist from wineanorak.com and the author of multiple books, was in Niagara last week. In addition to judging the 2015 WineAlign National Wine Awards, he also visited some great wineries. Read his thoughts and discoveries on his blog. Continue reading
I’ve long been a fan of Road 13 Vineyards, the South Okanagan winery originally known as Golden Mile Cellars, the moniker of the place when Pam and Mick Luckhurst purchased it in 2003. Along with their son Joe, the Luckhursts have navigated the winery to much commercial and critical success over Continue reading
In case you missed it, MWC writer Michelle Bouffard and I have been in Niagara judging at the 2015 National Wine Awards of Canada. We’ve been tasting in the ballpark of 80-90 wines per day. For a bit more on how wine competitions like this one work, here’s a blog post I did on Monday. To see more of what we’ve been up to here in Niagara, check out the #NWAC15 hashtag on Twitter or Instagram. Continue reading
While enjoyable any time of year, there’s just something a little extra special about salmon in the summertime. Whether grilled on the barbecue, seared in chunks for a salad, or done zillions of other ways, it seems to add even more brightness to this sunny time of year. When it comes to wine pairing, there are so many directions you can go, but I find myself most often hitting one of the three Pinots: Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Noir. Continue reading
In his Wine 101 blog post last Monday, Kurtis Kolt talked about the value of wine awards to wineries — the impact the awards can have on sales, etc.
Woah - back it up, Kolt — how do these competitions work? Well, as it turns out, Kurtis touched on how the B.C. Wine Awards — which I judged at in 2013 and am judging at again this year — work. Continue reading
Oh, man! I’m in Kelowna right now presenting B.C. Wine Seminars for restaurant and retail trade on behalf of the B.C. Wine Institute, and have just saddled up on a stool at Pilgrim & Pearl. I gotta say, I’m flipping through a wine list that is not only one of the best in the Okanagan, but I’d venture to say it’s one of the most ambitious and fun in not only Western Canada, but potentially the whole country. Continue reading
Well, the results of Decanter magazine’s 2015 World Wine Awards have recently been released, and hearty congrats are in order to the many Canadian wineries who received medals, including some of My Wine Canada’s own partner wineries like Flat Rock Cellars, JoieFarm, Kacaba, Moon Curser, Spierhead, and Painted Rock. Continue reading