Red Wine Aug 23, 2011 Quinta do Carneiro Vinho Tinto 2008 Imagine, if you will, being a table wine in Portugal. For centuries you’ve been overlooked in the wine world, largely shadowed by your illustrious ... Read More
Wine News Aug 22, 2011 2011 BC Wine Grape Report: Acreage Expanding Across the Province It has been three years since the last release of the BC Wine Grape Acreage Report, and, although the reported actual acreages are lower than ... Read More
Aug 22, 2011 The Importance of Local Farmers’ Markets In recent decades, farmers markets have again assumed their historic role as important social and economic institutions in many of our ... Read More
Rosé Aug 22, 2011 40 Knots Winery Rosé 2010 It’s the last few weeks of summer, so who not enjoy it? Drink rose! We’ve earned it, after the wet and dreary spring, and lack-luster bluster of ... Read More
Wine Events Aug 19, 2011 Theatre in the Vines This summer, both Vancouver Island’s Muse Winery and the Okanagan & Langley based Township 7 celebrated their second seasons of live ... Read More
One ingredient Aug 19, 2011 One Thousand Products in Slow Food’s Ark of Taste The Ark welcomes its thousandth passenger during Terra Madre Armenia: Shalakh apricots from the slopes of Mount Ararat Slow Food is celebrating an ... Read More
Red Wine Aug 18, 2011 Crowley Wines Pinot Noir 2009 On my recent trip through the Willamette, tasting bar staff and winemakers talked in reserved/revered tones about Crowley wines. “Have you seen any ... Read More
Wine News Aug 18, 2011 Press Release: Fort Berens Announces New Winemaker Press Release: Fort Berens Estate Winery Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Bill Pierson of the Vintage Consulting Group as their new ... Read More
Wine News Aug 18, 2011 Six New Releases from Pentâge Winery From the press release: Website TASTING NOTES FROM PENTAGE ’09 Viognier $19.50/bottle This wine is pale gold in color with aromas of ... Read More
Destinations Aug 17, 2011 For Better or Wurst: Sausage Adventures in Berlin Currywurst is nothing short of a Berlin institution. Who would have thought that a link of pork sausage, or wurst, cut into thick slices, absolutely ... Read More
Wine News Aug 17, 2011 Book Review: John Schreiner’s BC Coastal Wine Tour Guide You heard it here first folks. 2011 is The Year of the Wine Islands. Ok, so perhaps not weather-wise (our exceptionally cool and wet spring and ... Read More
Recipes / Soup Aug 17, 2011 Roasted Chicken Stock From the September/October Issue, “Soup Stars” by Denise Marchessault. The meatier the chicken bones, the more flavourful the stock. ... Read More
