I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be …

Château Pichon Baron in Pauillac. Château Pichon Baron 2022 was released en primeur at €134.4 per bottle ex-négociant this morning (12 June), which is up 21.7% on its 2021-vintage release price, said Liv-ex, a global …

Nick Pegna. Pegna has more than 30 years’ experience in the wine and spirits industry, spanning retail, wholesale, private and corporate sales, trading and consulting. He began his career as a store manager at London …

Vineyards in the Côte des Bar, Champagne. Twenty years ago, I wrote my Master of Wine dissertation on the dry topic ‘Developing Environmental Management Standards for Wine Production’, using Champagne as an example. A curious …

Pinot Noir is probably my favourite red wine when its made well. The roots of this exquisite red grape variety can be traced back to the vineyards of ancient Côte d’Or in Burgundy, where its …

A glass of sparkling rosé wine and strawberries seems like a wonderful romantic pairing, doesn’t it?  I  received a bottle of BC Haywire Winery Pink Bub 2021 and recently purchased farm field-ripened strawberries and thought …

A view across the pool to the main house… With sweeping panoramic views, an outdoor pool nestled next to the main residence, not to mention rows of well-tended vineyards, the newly listed Napa Valley wine …

Replanting the destroyed Newton Vineyards. Harvest season in Napa Valley always brings a fever of anticipation laced with anxiety about weather and timing, and, these last few years: wildfires. The 2017 Atlas Fire burned over …

2022 Sauternes, Barsac Report… 2022 Sauternes at their best are exciting, even thrilling sweet-treats! The 2022 Bordeaux vintage for sweet wines allowed for the development of Botrytis, though the much-needed noble-rot did not come until …

2022 Dry White Bordeaux Wine Report… Every vintage tells a story. There are vintages which favor red wines. There are years that are better for white Bordeaux wine and there are vintages when both, red …

Sergio Maraviera Some wineries at the Vancouver International Wine Festival have over a hundred years of history and others are new with 20-30 years.  Bodega Huanacache is one of the newer wineries coming from Argentina.  …