White Wine Sep 30, 2009 Pentâge Winery 2008 Gewurztraminer Paul Gardner and Julie Rennie’s boutique Pentâge Winery rests on 35 acres along Penticton’s Skaha Lake. Production is limited to only 5000 ... Read More
Wine Events Sep 28, 2009 Sake To Me -by Kathryn McAree I had the pleasure of meeting Artisan Sake Maker Masa Shiroki at the Taste festival this summer and was thoroughly impressed. So ... Read More
White Wine Sep 25, 2009 Viña Errazuriz Chardonnay Wild Ferment 2007 This Chardonnay is named ‘Wild Ferment’ because of the use of a natural or ‘wild yeast’ ferment. Instead of adding packaged yeast, the ... Read More
Red Wine Sep 23, 2009 Chateau Mourgues du Gres – Les Galets Rouges 2007 I love, love, love it when I find a wine that drinks way beyond its price point. So I was pretty happy when I tried this little gem. This blend of ... Read More
White Wine Sep 20, 2009 Weingut Rudolf Rabl Grüner Veltliner Spiegel 2006 Does our Wet Coast weather leave you in a funk? Not feeling groovy? One easy way to let a little sunshine in is with a bottle of this fresh and ... Read More
Fortified Wine Sep 18, 2009 Quails’ Gate Family Estate Winery Tawny NV Well, this little fortified beauty was 8 years in the making, only 800 cases were released last year, and the next time the cycle comes around ... Read More
White Wine Sep 17, 2009 Château des Charmes Chardonnay Musqué 2007 You don’t see too many Niagara wines in the BC market - in fact, in this province it’s easy to forget that BC isn’t the centre of the Canadian ... Read More
Elsewhere / Travel Sep 17, 2009 Seattle September Stopover I had 2 free days a couple of weeks ago (doesn’t happen very often!) so I stole away for a 36 hour Seattle summer sojourn. Took the ... Read More
White Wine Sep 16, 2009 Tantalus Vineyards Riesling 2008 Okanagan Valley, BC $22.90 – $25.00 www.tantalus.ca When a little ol’ wine from little ol’ BC garners acclaim from one of the world’s ... Read More
Destinations Sep 13, 2009 The Halifax Farmer’s Market Halifax’s Farmers’ Market, born in 1750, is Canada’s oldest continuously-running farmers’ market. It is also, according to food mogul Anita ... Read More
Artisan Aug 21, 2009 Readying the Bees Helen Kennedy has reason to smile. Spring is an exciting time of renewal for this Kelowna beekeeper and recently published author of Honey for Your ... Read More
Destinations Aug 14, 2009 Zingerman’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan So this is what bread feels like, I thought, walking across the red-bricked streets of Ann Arbor, with red brick buildings on either side of me, on ... Read More
