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.
Is Syrah gaining global popularity? In The Globe and Mail, Beppi Crosariol discusses: Syrah, the wild, sweaty grape is having a moment in the sun. He also mentions the rise of BC Syrah - including one from MWC partner winery Laughing Stock Vineyards. For a list of BC Syrahs and Syrah blends available on My Wine Canada click here. Continue reading
Hey hey! I’m in Penticton, BC, as you read this, judging at the 2015 B.C. Wine Awards. Apparently there were a record number of entries this year, which is certainly promising. More to come on the competition in the coming days/weeks. Continue reading
A record number of 19 new Masters of Wine was announced earlier this week, and two of them are from Canadian wineries! A big congratulations goes to Eugene Mlynczyk, the strategic account manager at Constellation Brands, and Marcus Ansems, who owns Daydreamer Wines in the Okanagan Valley, BC Continue reading
Have BC's wineries been benefiting from the drought days this summer? In the Globe and Mail, Beppi Crosariol explains why 2015 is shaping up to be a great vintage. He also reviews wines from a few producers available on My Wine Canada such as Continue reading
Steven Spurrier made a stop in British Columbia earlier this week, and in addition to visiting the wine regions, he also led The Judgement of BC. Inspired by the famous Judgment of Paris in 1976, the blind tasting consisted of 12 Chardonnay wines and 12 Syrahs (six were from BC and six were Continue reading
Friday! Wine news!
My Wine Canada partner Haywire Winery just announced their Switchback Vineyard is now certified organic. Check it out.
Over at the Ottawa Citizen, Rod Phillips talks ageability in wine – what has long-term potential, what doesn’t, and how to age a wine.
At his Vancouver-based Just Grapes blog, Shea Coulson pulls back the curtain to reveal how much wine prices have gone up since the provincial government overhauled liquor policy AND SAID PRICES WOULDN’T GO UP!
Will 2015 be the vintage of the century for British Columbian wine? Continue reading
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 up the last few weeks of a three-year gig running a Vancouver wine bar, an unexpected phone call changed the course of what I’d had planned for the next six months. Continue reading