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Suppose it was only a matter of time before vitis labrusca re-entered the spotlight. Fashion is fickle, not to mention cyclical, and with vitis vinifera dominating the scene, the trend was bound to come back around. Heck, hybrids are all the rage these days, think cars and fusion food, so why not start crossing grapes […]

This seems to be making the cyber rounds… It comes to me via my dear Aunt, who obviously cares for my health:
Water and Wine Education
It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia […]

Recently, Mission Hill took top honours for its Five Vineyards icewine at the Indy Int’l Wine Competition. The press release is like this:

The 2004 Five Vineyards Riesling Icewine was named Best of Show, the Grand Prize at the 15th annual Indy International Wine Competition.
…Over 3,800 wines were entered from seventeen countries around the globe, including […]

I’ve been meaning to compile a few notes on a recent trip to Oregon. Battling, of course, the conspiracies of “busy-ness” and other distractions, my attention has been more in the direction of assessing value-oriented Chilean Merlot and Californian Sauvignon Blanc. Both which we see far too much of considering the intrinsic public interest factor. […]

Canadian winery Jackson-Triggs took the blue ribbon at the IWSC for their Grand Reserve Shiraz. And, no, not Shiraz icewine.
Barossa who? The 2006 Shiraz trophy went to a wine from B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, an unlikely region for producing world-dominating Shiraz. Previous years have seen Henschkes and Leasinghams top dog.
Is climate change changing Canuck […]

Please note: proper etiquette requires one to cover wine glass before applying insect repellant.

If Mondovino was A) a romance, and B) a better movie, it might be Rohmer’s Autumn Tale. Besides a complex script of human relationship and characters trying to force destiny, the film has a scene that serves as a vehicle for the director’s take on organic farming and natural winemaking. Magali, the Cotes du Rhone […]

Fine food at Calories on Saskatoon’s Broadway. Great steak and frites, lamb ravioli, wine list. Yes, their by-the-glass comes in these utilitarian wine glasses, pre-chilled for whites and roses.

The weekend (”long” in the majority of lands north of the 49th) is almost here. And wouldn’t you know it, just in time for patio-side sipping comes a perfect music pairing. The worldly label Putumayo has recently released Music from the Wine Lands, and from the music samples it seems an eclectic mix of jazzy, […]