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Reading Time: 4 minutes Church & State Winery is renowned for its sparkling and Rhône Valley-style wines due to a combination of strategic focus, terroir, and winemaking expertise, as outlined below: Terroir-Driven Viticulture: Church & State operates two distinct vineyard properties in British Columbia: one in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island and another in the…

By Rick VanSickle Like many wineries in B.C. following a catastrophic winter freeze in early 2024, River Stone Estate Winery was left with zero Okanagan fruit. Also in this Canadian Wine Report: A whole bunch of Thomas Bachelder Chardonnays and Gamays released at Vintages stores on Saturday. The bulk of B.C. wineries chose to reach…

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 similar to the wine reviews, except that it will feature wines…

Photo: Michael Bartier in the cellar (Shari Saysomack photo) Like most wineries in the South Okanagan, Bartier Bros. suffered from the devastating freezes of December 2022 and January 2024. The winery had a minimal harvest in the 2023 vintage and none in the 2024 vintage. Michael Bartier and his brother, Don, are well along at…

As most of you are aware, EPA developed a Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision (PID) for mancozeb, and as proposed, mancozeb use on grapes would no longer be allowed. Yesterday, Katie Gold (Cornell University) and I visited with several EPA personnel at the Washington headquarters concerning the importance of mancozeb to grape production in the…

VineRoutes’ 2024 Wine of the Year takes centre stage at a celebratory dinner, reaffirming Oculus as Canada’s premier icon red On a warm spring evening in April, Toronto’s Harbour Sixty temporarily transformed into the ‘House of Oculus,’ welcoming VIP guests and select wine journalists for a special celebration. This wasn’t just a wine dinner—it was…

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WORLD WINE SYNERGY EVOLVES INTO WWS Celebrating 10 Years of Wine, Wisdom & Sharing Stories of European Excellence WWS (World Wine Synergy) proudly marks its 10th anniversary in the wine industry with a bold, new brand and logo. This evolution marks not just a milestone but signals a renewed commitment to its mission: to nurture…

Everything was exceptional; the wines, the food, the company. The post A Pairing of Fifteen Wines with World Wine Synergy Inc. first appeared on My VanCity. Read A Pairing of Fifteen Wines with World Wine Synergy Inc. at MyVanCity

By Rick VanSickle Fifteen years ago, a mysterious visit by one of Canada’s most prolific wine collectors flew into Niagara-on-the-Lake on his private jet and left with nearly 100 cases of Niagara wine. It was a typical warm Saturday in June when I got an unusual phone call from Niagara-on-the-Lake’s historic Charles Inn (now called…