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  • Fort Berens | Our Winter Sale is on Now!

    Our Winter Case Sale is on now through Dec. 7, 2025. The post Fort Berens | Our Winter Sale is on Now! first appeared on My VanCity. Read Fort Berens | Our Winter Sale is on Now! at MyVanCity

  • Bourgogne: a fascinating 2025 vintage!

    Yields may sit below expectations, yet the growing season shaped a strikingly successful vintage. The post Bourgogne: a fascinating 2025 vintage! first appeared on My VanCity. Read Bourgogne: a fascinating 2025 vintage! at MyVanCity

  • Kacaba Terraced Vineyard Syrah 2021 (Niagara) – Wine Review

    Tonight’s red wine review is an excellent, vegan-friendly Syrah from one of Niagara’s premier Syrah wine producers. It marks the first time that the LCBO has featured a Kacaba single-vineyard Syrah in a VINTAGES Release feature story as it was categorized as perfect for festive cocktail parties (and is also suitable for the table) in…

  • Township 7 Rings in the Holidays with Sparkling Brilliance

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Seven Stars Shines with Three Prestige Cuvées + a South Okanagan Red. With the 2025 harvest now complete, one of the winery’s largest on record, Township 7 is turning its attention to celebration season. And what better way than with bubbles? This year’s release showcases the precision and patience behind the…

  • Trump’s Trade War Has Canadians ‘Elbows Up’ for Homegrown Wine

    Reading Time: < 1 minute The ongoing trade tensions between the United States and Canada have led to an unexpected boost for Canadian wineries, as consumers increasingly turn to homegrown wines. With tariffs imposed during the Trump administration’s trade war, bans on U.S. wine and liquor imports, and a recent distributor strike in British Columbia,…

  • Aasha Wines: Westward Pinot Noir 2019 — A Quiet, Confident Voice

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo Credit- Aasha Wines Aasha Wines is one of the Okanagan Valley’s most thoughtful and quietly compelling small producers—founded by husband-and-wife team Regan and Jessica Lake, and named after their daughter, Aasha. The word aasha means “hope” in Hindi, and that sense of optimism and intention runs through everything they make.…

  • Holiday Magic at Kismet Estate Winery

    Kismet invites wine lovers to celebrate the holidays. The post Holiday Magic at Kismet Estate Winery first appeared on My VanCity. Read Holiday Magic at Kismet Estate Winery at MyVanCity

  • A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 997: Budapest or Bust… the Final Leg

    Sunrise over the Danube Monday, October 20th: Our first night aboard the Amabella on an eight-day trip on the Danube from Giurgiu, Romania, to Budapest, Hungary. Our first evening our group had a dinner in a private dining room – a beer versus wine dinner where participants voted on the better match by dropping either…

  • Wednesday Wine reviews by @Sam_WineTeacher

    2023 Clarendelle Domaine Clarence Dillon Graves, France $36.99 A blend of 49% Sauvignon Blanc, 37% Semillon, and 14% Muscadet.  Lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity.  On the nose, lemon cream, banana, green apple, melon, peach, honey, toast, biscuit, and flint.  Good balance.  The palate follows the nose, with notes of pineapple, lime, pear, and grapefruit, and…

  • Inside Champagne’s ‘Special Club’ and its collector-obsessed rare wines

    A deep dive into Le Club Trésors de Champagne and the terroir-driven producers elevating ‘Grower Champagne’ to legendary status While many know Champagne through famous houses like Taittinger, Krug, Lanson, Moët & Chandon and Dom Pérignon, there is a growing movement of Récoltants-Manipulants (grower-producers) who farm their own vineyards and craft wines that express their unique terroir.…