From the Cellar featuring wines that have been aged

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’.

Local Flights BC Wine Tasting Event – final in the series of reviews

I am breaking my reviews down into five flights plus one and this is a review of the final two flights, ten wines, of the afternoon, in the order they were tasted.

Local Flights BC Wine Tasting Event the first nine – a review

Overall, and covering just something better than four hours, I tasted 50 wines. Wines were divided into groups of nine per flight (except the final flight which was one wine only) meaning a total of 6 flights.

2020 #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions recap

It’s that time of year once again! Time to get your holiday shopping done before the shipping deadlines. We have some wonderful suggestions for you.

Provence Puts the ‘Happy’ in Happy Holiday Season

With two heated patios and a properly distanced interior to welcome guests, Yaletown’s Provence Marinaside is pleased to re-introduce Happy Hours every day from 3-5 p.m.

#ThisWineThatDish | Clos du Soleil Pinot Blanc | Artichoke Penne

“In this series I will be sharing my take on which BC Wine pairs well with some inspirational recipes” At this time of year my pasta dishes become even more decadent as I look for comfort and the warmth of home. For this dish I combined two different recipes from NYTCooking, adding the cream cheese … Read more

Tasting Ten | BC Chardonnay Challenge

The theme was a BC Chardonnay Challenge.  We wanted to look at a range of price points and see which wines delivered quality for the best price.

A list of my favourite wines and some new discoveries…

Hope you enjoy reading through this list as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

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