Wine

Chablis Celebrates Its New Vintage on October 25-26

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A convivial celebration at the crossroads of terroir, gastronomy, and wine culture.

Bordeaux Wines that span red, white, rosé, and sweet dessert styles.

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Bordeaux. A port city in southwestern France. Bordeaux, a city on the Garonne River. Bordeaux, the name of the surrounding region. Bordeaux, the name given to wines from this world-famous area that resonates with wine lovers everywhere. Bordeaux. Wines that span red, white, rosé, and sweet dessert styles.   Bordeaux. Home to legendary sub-regions such … Read more

2025 Bourgogne Harvest – Quality Shines Despite Low Volumes

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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

D.O. CAVA presents ambitious second Cava Meeting

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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

Wednesday Wine reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

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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

The Somewhat More Affordable 2022 Bordeaux Wines

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Peraps this is the year you choose a few for yourself and a few for gift giving.

New release & 🍂Fall wines at Moon Curser!

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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

From the Cellar with @Sam_WineTeacher

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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