I like to consider myself part of the “Y” generation. I use hair product (when told to), can work my way around a Blackberry (if I have to), lose disgracefully at tennis on a Wii Box, am armed to the-read more-
Word from the Purbeck Vineyard in Dorset sees the 10th October as being the most likely date for the harvest to begin. This vintage is set to produce an ‘outstanding harvest’ both in terms of quality and quantity. Purbeck Vineyard-read more-
Have we heard enough? Is Brunello dead? Have the Italians taken one of their greatest wine symbols and thrown it to the devil? From the looks of it, that seems to be the perception in the shattered market of late.-read more-
BC is home to five official wine-growing regions or DVAs (designated viticultural areas): Okanagan Valley, Similkameen Valley, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands. Its most established and arguably most important DVA, the Okanagan, runs long and narrow from the Canada/U.S.-read more-
All Hallows Eve is nigh. Halloween…a night of ghosts and goblins, tricks and treats, frights and bewitching. Boo, yah. How does wine connect to Halloween? Well, the annual crop of cutesy Hallo-wine labels is one way. But I think wine lovers-read more-
From the Walla Walla Valley: In July and August over 1,800 acres of grapes were basking in 90 to 100 degree temperatures, making it an early harvest the first week of September in the Walla Walla Valley. And by the-read more-
“I am une garagiste, a woman who makes wine in her garage, and I am maître liquoriste. I am the would-be parfumeur. I am mistress of alchemy.” —Deirdre Heekin, Libation: A Bitter Alchemy Deirdre Heekin smiles a welcome as she-read more-
“I am une garagiste, a woman who makes wine in her garage, and I am maître liquoriste. I am the would-be parfumeur. I am mistress of alchemy.” —Deirdre Heekin, Libation: A Bitter Alchemy Deirdre Heekin smiles a welcome as she-read more-