Red Wine Feb 19, 2010 Ogier & Fils Les Brunnelles 2006 Crozes-Hermitage Wines like this remind me just how much I love Rhone wines. These non-pretentious, solid and ruggedly tamed wines can be intoxicating. To me, these ... Read More
Dessert Wines Feb 10, 2010 Inniskillin Okanagan Riesling Icewine 2007 Okanagan Valley $35-40 for 200ml, $60-65 for 375ml This was such an easy choice for this week. Why? Because Inniskillin Icewine dominance is ... Read More
Coffee & Tea Feb 2, 2010 A New Era for Victoria’s Coffee and Tea Culture 2 photo: a selection from Jill Heffner’s teacup collection. Servers expertly match suitable cups and saucers for each customer. Part 2: Move ... Read More
Coffee & Tea Jan 27, 2010 A New Era for Victoria’s Coffee and Tea Culture It is easy to take good coffee for granted when it is readily available to you. But take a road trip, say, across Canada, and you soon discover that ... Read More
White Wine Jan 26, 2010 Tahbilk Marsanne 2008 This week was Australia’s official national celebration - Australia Day. January 26 commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in ... Read More
Red Wine Jan 23, 2010 Castillo de Monséran Garnacha 2008 As much as people love to gripe about the BCLS, we have them to thank for making this value red a consistent bargain in BC. This is a stellar ... Read More
Sparkling Wine Jan 6, 2010 Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Tribute NV O CANADA! I can’t say no to sparkling – especially when it comes from the hand of Sumac Ridge’s senior winemaker Mark Wendenberg, arguably the ... Read More
White Wine Jan 6, 2010 Boutari Kretikos Is your resolution to spend less? Be more adventurous? Expand your vocabulary? Well – do I have the wine for you! While we’re facing the wet ... Read More
Sake, Cider, other Jan 6, 2010 New Year, New Rice photos: A member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardener’s Association demonstrates how to make mochi at the National Nikkei Museum and ... Read More
Red Wine Jan 1, 2010 Starling Lane Winery Maréchal Foch 2007 This is a storming wine. Big gutsy flavour for big blustery days – like January in BC. Foch is a wine that people either love or love to hate – ... Read More
Sparkling Wine Dec 26, 2009 Michele Chiarlo Nivole Moscato d’Asti DOCG 2008 With the holidays, it’s bubble, bubble, bubble all the time. I’ve had Sekt, Cava, Champagne, Sparkling Icewine and BC bubble – all in the past ... Read More
Fortified Wine Dec 20, 2009 Fonseca Guimaraens – 10 Year Old Tawny & Vintage Port 2007 Champagne and oysters, Pinot Noir and truffles - Christmas and Port? In my mind anyway, these are natural pairings. Much like rum and eggnog, I ... Read More
