Wednesday Wine reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

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

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

New release & 🍂Fall wines at Moon Curser!

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

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

40th Anniversary Bordeaux 2022 Release

The rush is on, be ready on September 27th for the Bordeaux 2022 Release.

Rhône Valley Vineyards Share Highlights from the 2025 Harvest

START OF THE GRAPE HARVEST IN THE RHÔNE VALLEY: AN EARLY VINTAGE, MARKED BY CLIMATIC CONTRASTS AND PROMISING QUALITY Early, promising and concentrated, the 2025 harvest of France’s second largest AOC vineyard has officially begun, more than ten days earlier than in 2024. The harvest is being driven by favorable health conditions, particularly well preserved … Read more