If you didn’t know that the BC Wine Info Centre in Penticton hosts unique, casual wine education seminars to help folks learn more about our province’s wines, then you do now. The BC Wine Info Centre, home to over 900 different kinds of BC VQA wine, is not just your average wine store. Re-opening in …
There are a few yearly holidays out there that require some thoughtfulness on what wine(s) to pair with the meal. Thanksgiving and Christmas are two that spring to mind first, and both are usually very bird-focused. So, with the holidays fast approaching, I put together a few suggestions for what wines would pair the best …
Rosés are truly making a splash in many glasses these days. The latest rosé movement started picking up its heels in the last half of a decade, and I am not seeing this trend slowing down anytime soon. A Bit About Rosé In a nutshell, this particular style of wine is made when red grapes are …
I’m so glad that we are beginning to see wines, from places like Turkey, in our market. As a general note, Turkey grows a lot of grapes. There are thousands of different varieties of grapes in this eastern country, and only two percent are used for wine making. As such, most of the grapes grown …
Let’s get the definition out of the way, shall we? Hedonism (noun): pleasure enjoyment sensualism delight in something Yes, people take pleasure in wine. They enjoy it by way of sniffing and swirling and tasting. Delight is an effect of all of these characteristics. Yet there are factors that play a contributing role in the …
The Demystified Vine 