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Our tour group at Château d’Estoublon Monday, May 6th: Deborah and I flew British Air to Lyon to join our tour group for the tour of the Rhône region. Our bus took us to the 5-star Intercontinental Lyon Hotel Dieu, where we will stay for three days. This landmark property was a hospital for more…

Photo: Blue Grouse winery in the Cowichan Valley The Cowichan Valley profile as a British Columbia wine region is on the rise, reflecting the steady increase in quality from ever more accomplished vineyards and winemakers. The profile got an especial lift when the Jackson Family of California invested in two of the region’s wineries. Since…

By Rick VanSickle I’m sorry, but this story has nothing to do with wine. It’s far more important than that. It’s about the death of a newspaper and a story that only I can tell in the only place I can tell it. I was there the day the Whitehorse Star died. I was at…

Tonight’s white wine review is a lovely blend of Greco Bianco and Chardonnay that is a brand-new arrival at the LCBO as part of last weekend’s LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection on May 11. It is produced by Tenuta Iuzzolini, a family-owned estate winery that was founded in 2004 by Fortunato Iuzzolini and his wife…

Reading Time: 8 minutes Pinot Gris or Pinot Grigio is the white wine King of British Columbia, with 25% of the white wine crop. Call me Gris or Grigio? You probably already know that Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio are the same wine. Both Grigio and Gris both mean “grey,” as noted by the pinkish-grey…

From the US and Canada, to Ireland, Scotland and Japan, Tod Stewart has curated this ‘sip list’ of some of his favourite world whiskies A dram fine day. “World Whisky Day” lands on the third Saturday in May each year. But do we really need a specific “day” to celebrate whisk(e)y? Here are some VineRoutes recommended selections…

This is a unique opportunity to taste wines as they first become available. Read Select Wines & Icon Vins Fins Exceptional Finds Spring Edition – Part I at MyVanCity

Reading Time: 5 minutes Thanks to the Hester Creek Estate Winery team for the fabulous hospitality during the March media event to promote the new GSM wine. It was great to visit the winery, Terrafina  and Villas again and enjoy the wine, food, and time with our friendly hosts. What are the unique characteristics of…

Tonight’s white wine review is a lovely Malagousia from Greece. It is a brand-new arrival at the LCBO and was featured as part of the theme on Classic Euro Regions in the May 11 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. Like the excellent 2015 Mega Spileo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon I enjoyed last month, this white wine…

In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My Van City, I am going to include a new one that will appear from time to time.  I’m calling it, ‘From the Cellar’. It will be much like the wine reviews, except that it will feature wines…