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Bodegas Hidalgo Manzanilla La Gitana
I love sherry. Ancient, lengthy, site-specific, traditional, rare, haunting, lingering, unique. What’s not to like? People complain that it’s too dry, or too sweet, or too old. They’re wrong. Sorry. There’s a sherry for everyone out there. I travelled to southern Spain last fall to take part in the intensive Sherry Educators Certification Program, in...
New On Tap: Vancouver’s Coal Harbour Brewing Company
Triumph Street, East Vancouver. It’s an unassuming block, an industrial neighbourhood filled with warehouses, jam spaces, big trucks, broken televisions. But, one look inside the garage doors of newly opened Coal Harbour Brewing Company and you know you’re in the midst of a serious operation. ...
Magical Mystery Beer Tour During Canoe Brewpub’s Cask Month
It goes without saying that venues offering beer will draw some sort of crowd. But when a venue offers some very special beer, then it follows they will draw a very special crowd. That could not be truer for Canoe Brewpub, which kicked off their ...
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The Victoria Tea Festival arrives this weekend.
Victoria tea lovers, heads up: North America’s largest tea show is just around the corner, and it’s right here in our city. The Victoria Tea Festival, held at Crystal Garden February 18-19, invites guests to participate in a fun and informative exhibition celebrating “all things ...
Yalumba Organic Shiraz 2010
One of the reasons the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival is such an outstanding event are the winery principals in attendance. Every year winemakers, winery owners and winery ambassadors descend on YVR, bringing with them not only specialty bottles, but personal stories and experiences to share with participants. This year, one of the wine world’s...
Geo Wines Chono Reserva Syrah 2009
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival kicks off in three weeks (21 sleeps!) and the Chileans are coming. Not just any random Chilean, mind, but the rock stars of Chile’s wine industry, and their cutting edge wines, modern methodology and vibrant personalities. One such star is Alvaro Espinoza, a sought after enologist and winemaker, who...
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Telmo Rodriguez Gaba do Xil 2009
Writing about value bottles for the month of January led me to think about the term ‘value’. I am often asked for good ‘value’ wines. What that means depends on who is asking. Some people equate value with an under $10 price tag. Others might use the term for valuable, or rare and hard to...
Clive’s ‘Fernet Flip’ Cocktail
Now that the excitement of the holiday season is behind us, we’ve had our Big Two Days of Snow and everyone has misplaced at least one umbrella, the reality of winter in the Pacific Northwest is really starting to set in. We’ve all heard ...
Meet Jeff Martin of La Frenz Winery
EAT’S WINE CHAIN Road 13 Winemaker Jean-Martin (J.M.) Bouchard passes the glass to Jeff Martin at La Frenz Winery. Quick Stats: Jeff Martin Aussie by birth, Canadian winery-owner by choice. Bachelor of Wine Science, Charles Sturt University. Cellar rat – 4 years initially with McWilliams ...
