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Week in Review
Friday, June 22 2018
06 · 22Tasting at The Nationals
It’s all Canada this week at the 2018 Wine Align National Wine Awards, Canada’s largest competition for 100 percent Canadian grown wines. We have just completed the first round of The Nationals and tasting 1867 wines, now to be followed by two days of retasting the best in the finals. It's all taking place in Penticton, in the heart of the Okanagan Valley. Both Treve and I are working 14-hour days all week but we will be back at the GOW tasting table with new reviews next Monday. Reminder: on July 1 we will release the second part of our Canadian rosé reviews - they just keep flooding in.
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Lifford Grand TastingWe took to the opportunity to catch up with a diverse selection of wine folks at the recent annual Lifford...
Top 10: Argentine MalbecMalbec returns to our Top Ten list, and given that more than 75 percent of the world’s plantings are...
Top Ten : California HeavyweightsBC Liquor Stores will celebrate California wines this weekend with a major release of some of the best reds...
BC Food & Wine Radio NetworkHere are the BC Food and Wine Radio broadcast times for all stations on the network including individual 'listen...
OCP buys Secrest Mountain VineyardIt goes without saying that any winery that controls its fruit sources is a winery with all the tools required...
Olivier Humbrecht signs on in BCThe British Columbia wine industry just hit a major home run on the international wine stage and it has nothing...
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From the TreveHouseby: Treve Ring
Top 10 : Sauvignon Blanc
Cat's pee on a gooseberry bush. That was my first level introduction to sauvignon blanc. For a keen enthusiast this was both terrifying (you want me to drink what?) and relieving (finally wine descriptors that make sense). Of course, sauvignon blanc is much more than that memorable phrase. This green-skinned grape most likely hails from France’s Loire Valley, where it can blindingly shine in the kimmeridgian limestone and silex flint. The third most planted white variety in France, sauvignon blanc (from the French for sauvage, meaning wild), is also comfortably seated in Bordeaux, blending in harmony with semillon; and also throughout Languedoc-Roussillon, contributing greatly to simple and tart Pays d’Oc...Read More ...
by: Treve Ring & Anthony Gismondi
Top 10 : Canadian Wine Moments
Ahead of Canada Day, we decided to pick our top 10 Canadian wine moments over the past year, and highlight the wines that made the memory. They are not necessarily our top scoring wines, but rather ones that reflect the growing confidence among producers regarding site selection, viticulture, and winemaking. They are wines that matter and that, eventually, will make a difference. This Canada Day we are proud to celebrate and reflect on our national wine culture, recognize how far we've come, and realize how bright the future is. Anthony's Picks Somenos pinot shines a light deep into the inner psyche of Vancouver Island...Read More ...
by: Anthony Gismondi & Treve Ring
Top Ten: Best Booths 2018 VIWF
Every year over 175 wineries come to the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Some come prepared to blow you away with special wines, and new releases, and we pour over the spreadsheet in advance to see who is bringing the goods. This week we chose our top ten 'must visit' booths, highlighting wineries who are making the most of their time in the tasting room, so you can make the most of your time there. Over the past 40 years there has been a sea change in the global wine landscape, making it harder than ever to draw the best to Vancouver for a week...Read More ...
