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Week in Review
Thursday, February 22 2024
02 · 22Benvenuti Italia
Welcome to all the Italian producers and other wineries who have made the long trek to British Columbia to attend the 45th Vancouver International Wine Festival. We have several articles that will help you navigate the International Tasting Room with scores of Italian wine reviews, and Italy is Having a Moment from the GOW team. Allison Spurrell talks about Asiago DOP cheese with some critical thoughts on authenticity. We have also collated our Italian videos for easy access and a quick refresher, Italian Wine Prep, on the land of vineyards. Finally, we are trying to melt the deep freeze paralyzing some in BC Wine country. Look for new reviews daily and sign up for our monthly newsletter to know what is coming next in wine. Ciao, and see you in the tasting room. AG
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Terralux Estate WineryTerralux Estate Winery is still under construction, and it hopes to add to British Columbia’s growing number of impressive winery...
Castello di Gabbiano & Gran SelezioneWe spoke with Master of Wine Gillian Ballance at the Vancouver International Wine Festival about Castello di Gabbiano, Chianti Classico,...
British Columbia's Deep FreezeBC wine has never been so well covered globally since people started using the word “catastrophic” to refer to a recent...
Inside the International Tasting RoomThe Vancouver International Wine Festival turns 45 next week. If you traditionally define generations as the time between the birth...
Italy is Having a MomentThe Vancouver International Wine Festival is only a few days away, as are 71 Italian wineries, one of the largest single-country contingents...
Italian Wine PrepItaly is this year's featured country at the 45th Vancouver International Wine Festival, from Piedmont to Puglia and the Tyrrhenian...
Contributors
by: Brent Gushowaty
BC Pinot Noir Sub-GI Series
British Columbia wine regions are currently broken up into nine Geographical Indications similar to appellations used in other countries. These G.I.s are determined by analyzing similar soils, climate, annual weather, etc. The Okanagan Valley G.I. is further broken down into sub-Geographical Indications (sub-GIs), including the one for Okanagan Falls, created in 2018. The 800 hectares of the Okanagan Falls Sub-GI (150ha of vines) stretches roughly from Peach Cliff in the North to Vaseux Lake in the South and from approximately Highway 97 in the West to the steep granite hillsides in the East with an elevation that ranges from 400m to 500m...Read More ...
by: Geoffrey Moss MW
Understanding Aconcagua Valley
Valle de Aconcagua is a region—or, more accurately, subregion—of contradictions. It is part of the larger Aconcagua regional DO, one of only six in Chile. Although Valle de Aconcagua is by far the smallest of its three subregions, it disproportionately produces some of the country’s top wines. Even its name isn’t exactly what you expect. In the distance, you can see the towering Aconcagua mountain, the tallest in South America...Read More ...
Cheese Pleaseby: Allison Spurrell
Comté Montagne
Allison Spurrell has been in the retail cheese industry since 1987, when she founded the award-winning Vancouver cheese shop Les Amis du Fromage with her mother, Alice Spurrell. Each month, Allison shares her formidable cheese knowledge with our avid newsletter followers who are as curious about cheese as they are about wine. This month, she takes us into the mountains of France. Cheese Name: Comté Montagne Origin: France Milk Type: Raw cow’s milk...Read More ...
