The 2025 Bourgogne Harvest – An Exceptional Season in Bourgogne In Bourgogne, the 2025 harvest stretched over about a month, beginning on August 18 with Crémant de Bourgogne, and wrapping up around September 20 in the latest-ripening areas. Organizing the harvest was no easy task, as rain complicated the choice of picking dates and altered … Read more
DO CAVA presents ambitious second Cava Meeting with a strong focus on internationalisation More than 90 leading professionals from around the world will gather in Penedès on 10 and 11 November for this landmark event. Under the title El Territorio del Cava (The Territory of Cava), the second edition of Cava Meeting will take place … Read more
2024 Chardonnay (Here and There Series) Fort Berens Lillooet, BC $24.99 Pale straw with medium-light intensity. Tropical fruit, peach, pineapple, banana, lemon cream, and honey on the nose. Good balance. The flavours echo the nose, followed by a medium-plus finish. This lightly oaked wine suits a wide range of foods, including a spice-rubbed roasted chicken. … Read more
Peraps this is the year you choose a few for yourself and a few for gift giving.
Fall is here and so is a new wine! We love this time of the year, harvest has just started and we’re delighted to see lots of lovely fruit starting to go into our press. With warmer days of summer coming to an end and crisp days of autumn on the horizon, now is the … Read more
This vibrant industry generates revenue for government directly through sales.
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 aged … Read more
Tasting different expressions from this magical island at Bar Corso.
The last 18 years have been a journey of transformation.
