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PINOT GRIGIO DOC DELLE VENEZIE HEADS TO MONTRÉAL: WINE, TERRITORY AND CYCLE TOURISM AHEAD OF THE WORLD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS On September 15, the Consortium will headline a media lunch and a masterclass organized in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada. This event continues the initiative linking the DOC to the world of sports,…

Kim Uncorked: Welcome to my weekly wine recommendation. Hi, I’m Kim, a passionate lover of wine, food, and any experience that brings the two together! In this weekly blog post, I share my thoughts on a wine that I’ve recently purchased from one of our local independent wine merchants. If you’d like to know more…

There were some very interesting insight at the media attended 2023 Bordeaux Release. Buyer Barb Philip, Category Manager – Wines of Europe, who is responsible for choosing which wines to buy for the BC Liquor Distribution Branch, tells us that at the time of tasting the 2023 wines at the wineries in Bordeaux, the wines…

Tonight’s red wine review is an excellent, organic GSM blend from the Côtes du Rhône-Villages appellation of the Southern Rhône Valley. It arrived at the LCBO in the August 15th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection and was featured as a Great Wine for Takeout Night, ideally paired with takeout burgers. It is produced by Domaines…

Low fruitfulness and poor fruit set…why choose just one? As the tallies are coming in this harvest, one thing across the board seems to be clear: there just isn’t very much fruit out there. Our own management company, which operates predominantly in West Sonoma, is clocking in around 50% normal yield. While that number is…

Home to barbera, ruchè, grignolino and more, Monferrato offers a broader perspective on Piedmont than many wine lovers realize Mention Piedmont and most wine lovers immediately think of Barolo and Barbaresco. Yet beyond the Langhe’s famous hills lies another historic wine region that has helped shape the identity of northern Italian wine for centuries: Monferrato.…

Adam, Deborah, Mak, Nora, me and Zeena Sunday, August 30th: Lunch at Stonewall Winery with our Toronto friends Adam and Zeena and local friends Nora and Mark (who have made it a mission to visit every winery in Ontario!). Started with a glass of Stonewall Cabernet Franc Rosé 2023 followed by a dish called “Chinese…

Happy long weekend! Tonight’s red wine review is a delicious, vegan-friendly, and unoaked Cinsault from the Itata Valley in Chile that made its debut at the LCBO in last month’s August 15 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Luis Felipe Edwards (LFE), a major wine producer in Chile that makes premium wines…

Replanting after the freeze helped establish the distribution of the two varieties found in modern Bordeaux. The post LEARNING ABOUT WINE: Why Cabernet Sauvignon Is Often Blended with Merlot first appeared on My VanCity.

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…