I’ve been on blog vacation for several months, but I’m happy to report that I’ll be getting back into it. My primary motivation? I’m going to be penning a new biweekly wine column for Vue Weekly. I kicked off the … Continue reading
A couple weeks ago my husband Matt and I attended the California Wine Fair, an event I’ve attended regularly for the past several years. Since I did a straightforward preview post on the Fair a few weeks ago, I decided … Continue reading
Prince Edward County – ever heard of it? Nope, it’s not on Prince Edward Island. It is a wine region in Ontario that pretty much marks the eastern limit of that province’s wine growing area. The County is perched on … Continue reading
(Update November 2011: for whatever reason, this story seems to have disappeared from the Edmonton Journal’s website, so here is the new link to an archived version.) *** Alberta has a wine industry. I know that an unfortunate number of you … Continue reading
I’m in Winnipeg right now on a mini-vacation; very soon I’ll blog about the wine, beer and food I’ve encountered here. In the meantime I’m playing catchup on the news items from the last week or so: Extortion in the … Continue reading
Last week a huge mudslide buried several vineyards and orchards in the southern Okanagan; it also destroyed five homes. The vineyards were on the famous Golden Mile, which means that these were good vines that got buried. A tough start … Continue reading