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...
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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...
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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...
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