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Wine, Romantic Encounters, and WSET
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I think Frank is having an affair. He mutters her name constantly sometimes lovingly, sometimes not so much so. Her picture appears in books on the coffee table, on the dashboard in the truck, even pinned on the bathroom mirror with some unintell...
39 views | aggregated: 31 weeks 4 days ago
topics: coffee, wine
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The Chianti Challenge: Three Decades of Frescobaldi
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Anyone who's read Blanc de Noir for long knows we're both huge fans of Italian wines. There's just something about the diversity, quality, and sheer fun factor of Italian wines whether it's a casual summer patio sipper or a robust vintage to acc...
16 views | aggregated: 33 weeks 3 days ago
topics: bc wine, fruit, wine, wine festival
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Spanish Garnacha: A Steal of a Deal
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I keep bumping into the guy. First in the Bordeaux section, a couple of minutes later we're both cruising through the Sauvignon Blancs of New Zealand. I head for Piedmont, and there he is again. We smile at each other over Cognac, one of those ...
13 views | aggregated: 36 weeks 2 days ago
topics: coffee, wine
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Harry McWatters: BC Wines Visionary
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After four decades in the wine industry, Harry McWatters, the spirited, fun-loving, and sometimes outspoken president of Sumac Ridge Estate Winery in Summerland, British Columbia, is stepping down. Harry's accomplishments are legendary. He helped fou...
40 views | aggregated: 37 weeks 6 days ago
topics: bc wine, cooking, okanagan, recipes, vineyard
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Romance with 2002 Zinfandels
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Okay, it was actually a few days before Valentine's. But clearly our uncharacteristically small group of Vancouver American Wine Society members who had gathered to compare a horizontal flight of ten 2002 Zinfandels were jumping into the spirit of r...
27 views | aggregated: 38 weeks 4 days ago
topics: coffee, fruit, vines, vineyard, wine
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Ponderings on Points, Amarones, and Arias
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I have been traveling back and forth across the country for the last two weeks and have been working long days for months. In between flights and endless delays in airport waiting lounges, I try to make study time for my WSET exam coming up all too s...
20 views | aggregated: 41 weeks 1 day ago
topics: fruit, wine
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Celebrating the New Year with Sparkling Wines
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New Year's and bubbles always seem to go together perfectly, and this season was no exception. So with a lazy Saturday between Christmas and New Year Eve, it was hardly a surprise to find sparkling wines featured at every in-house tasting on our re-s...
21 views | aggregated: 45 weeks 23 hours ago
topics: liquor, wine
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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active: 13 hours 55 min ago |
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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