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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…

The second stop on our Visa Infinite Wine Tour: A Day in Okanagan Wine Country was lunch at CedarCreek Estate Winery. CedarCreek is practically next door to Martin’s Lane, but the experience is quite different. Our lunch was prepared by Executive Chef Neil Taylor, whose cooking at Home Block Restaurant is built around local, seasonal…

Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery Welcomes Jennifer Tocher as Director of Sales & Marketing Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Tocher as its new Director of Sales & Marketing.  The newly expanded leadership role reflects Noble Ridge’s continued commitment to strengthening its direct-to-consumer business, wine club, hospitality programs,…

Tonight’s white wine review is a delicious Pinot Grigio from the delle Venezie DOC in northeastern Italy that returned to the LCBO in last month’s August 15th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Bortoluzzi Wines, a family-owned winery that was established in 1982 by Giovanni Bortoluzzi, in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia…

Explore the most vibrant season in wine regions across the province. The post Fall for BC Wine campaign invites travellers to explore first appeared on My VanCity.