I’ve been buckling down and studying all things spirits related for the WSET diploma’s section 4. Lets just say there’s a reason this isn’t a Tequila and Mezcal site (plus AgaveAndLime.com is already taken). And why does it have to be so sunny outside? If there’s one spirit I love, it’s bourbon. These guys recently [...]

Although not necessarily wine related, today is bigger than wine. If anyone needs me, I’ll be holding my breath for the next seven hours.

A fun little video of the 2010 torch relay passing through the Okanagan and great 2 minute synopsis of the region:

I’m not sure why I hadn’t seen Aurélia Filion’s video blog Bu sur le web until yesterday. Thanks to my weak grasp of the French language, I don’t exactly keep up on the Quebecois blogsphere. On Aurélia’s beautifully simplistic website, she reviews some pretty cool wines. Domaine Huet, Jean-Paul Brun, and Jean-Paul Thévenet with a [...]

I have yet to taste Syrah from New Zealand, but if the Kiwis bring the same quality to the table that they have been for Pinot Noir, I’d love to try it. Wine writer Jamie Goode has just returned from a taste-a-thon in New Zealand and shares his excitement on a grape with only 300ha [...]

It is well known that the new kids on the wine block have struggled with sales of late. Overcoming the stigma from the all the years when critters sold bottles over a sense of place wont be easy. In a great step towards elevating their images, twelve quality Australian producers have banded together to form [...]

Wine Press NW tour the facilities of BC’s Black Hills Winery, renowned for their Bordeaux-inspired ‘Nota Bene‘ and a frisky little, hella-delicious, clove and tobacco-noted BC Carménère…

A little lesson on oak barrels, courtesy of BC’s Le Vieux Pin…

Just because I don’t know enough about viticulture in Ontario and I love Cave Spring Cellars‘ Rieslings…

More from Thomas Pennachetti on Cave Spring Cellars’ vineyards…

Pentâge has always been one of my BC favourites!  
Fresh, bold whites, sturdy, rich reds plus a pink wine (100% Gamay) that is delicious, full of plums, rhubarb, lime and white pepper that in Vancouver, is only available at Salt Tasting Room (!), by the glass, bottle or in a flight!
The always-dependable WinePressNW takes us along [...]