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Wine Tasting and Dinner with Stuart Bourne of Barossa Valley Estate
Last night, I had the privilege of attending a wine tasting and gourmet dinner at The Shore Club (688 Dunsmuir Street) with Stuart Bourne of Barossa V...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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Wine Tasting and Dinner with Stuart Bourne
Last night, I had the privilege of attending a wine tasting and gourmet dinner at The Shore Club (688 Dunsmuir Street) with Stuart Bourne of Barossa V...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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On the sorting line
I stopped by at J. Bookwalter this morning to chat with owner/winemaker John Bookwalter. He was, quite literally, on the sorting line going through 10...
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Harvest weekend
This is harvest weekend for me. My humble backyard vineyard got toasted by the frost two weekends ago, and these Brunello clone Sangiovese grapes are ...
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Grapes for snacks
Last night, my wife got home from the grocery store with fresh Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. It's one of those specialty food items Fred Meyer is selling...
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Music Notes: Porteous off to folk awards
Musician also boasts some Stellar NeighboursTom Harrison, The Province Published: Tuesday, October 2...
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Commercial Drive Live! |
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Notes on Grapes and Hops
Friday evening we were invited to attend Grapes and Hops, an annual event put on by the Arbutus Club. A number of BC wines were on available for tast...
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BC Wine Lover |
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So long, photosynthesis
Two nights of sub-freezing temperatures have toasted my little backyard vineyard. I woke up this morning to brown leaves on my Sangiovese and Riesling...
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Frost expected this weekend in Columbia Valley
The first widespread frost of the season is expected this weekend, according to weather forecasts. Saturday's low temperature is predicted to drop bel...
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Ripeness no problem in Columbia Valley vineyards
This morning, I caught up with Gino Cuneo of Tre Nova as he was checking on grapes at famed Ciel du Cheval Vineyard on Washington's Red Mountain. Ther...
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Day in the vineyard
It has been a busy late summer and fall, and have spent entirely too little time walking vineyards. Part of that, I think, has been the lateness (actu...
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Crush Crew 2008
Part of our crush crew for 2008 at Township 7.We've been keeping busy bottling while we wait for the bulk of our grapes to ripen.Season is late; blame...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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Rob Griffin on the start of harvest
Last week, I chatted with Rob Griffin, owner/winemaker of Barnard Griffin in Richland, Wash., about the beginning of harvest.It was interesting to hea...
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Harvest kicking off for Barnard Griffin
On the way home tonight, I stopped in at Barnard Griffin in Richland, Wash., to chat with Rob Griffin, owner/winemaker. He plans to bring in a bit of ...
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I just used my refractometer to test the sugar lev
I just used my refractometer to test the sugar level of my backyard Sangiovese grapes, and they came up to a somewhat pathetic 16 brix. For making win...
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FVWA wine tasting quick thoughts
Yesterday we took a very quick drive out to Langley to check out the Fraser Valley Wineries Association food and wine event. It was a packed house and...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Harvest should get going this week in Washington
Washington grapes should start coming in this week, at least for Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.I spoke with Charlie Hoppes (owner, Fidelitas) over th...
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When will harvest begin?
I've spoken to a half-dozen winemaker in the past two days and asked each how the grapes were looking. I heard a lot of long sighs followed by concern...
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FUSE Wine event at LIFT
Ray Signorello Jr. and partners launched a new wine brand, FUSE, on Thursday afternoon at LIFT in Coal Harbour. With amazing weather and a great vi...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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Are you going to Winestock 2008?
Our friends at Morning Bay Estate Winery on Pender Island are conducting another music event on the upcoming Labour Day Weekend featuring a star-pack...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Purple report
My wife is in Wenatchee today, and she reported that veraison - the change in grapes from green to red - is easily apparent on the Wahluke Slope as sh...
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Looking for color
My buddy Coke Roth has some North American grapes growing on his deck. These are really early ripeners. On most years, in fact, the grapes begin to go...
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Unlocking the secrets of Okanagan terroir
Why is Okanagan wine so good? Academics at the UBC Wine Research Centre are on a quest to discover the answer. WineGen is a $5M joint research projec...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Wine Grapes of British Columbia
Colleagues, friends, fans and members of the general public often ask me -Just what are you growing up there?So, in an effort to shed some light on th...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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A cautionary tale of overpriced wines
A now-former reader recently sent me the following email:Families of the Wine: Seasons Among the Winemakers of Southwest France, had an interesting li...
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Winery Vineyard Supervisor Wanted
Based in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. Growing operation requires experienced vineyard worker to maintain small winery's vineyard properties a...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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The wrath of Oregon grapes?
The Oregonian published an article in which Bill Hatcher of A to Z (and formerly of Domaine Drouhin Oregon) believes the state is headed toward a grap...
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Thanks, I'll stick to writing
A number of folks out there think that just because I love wine, write about it, collect it and even grow wine grapes in my backyard, perhaps someday ...
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Howling Bluff, a new kid in town
After meeting the folks from Howling Bluff Estate Wines at the recent Naramata Bench event in Vancouver they sent us a little more information about t...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Mystery of Ste. Chapelle's Sparkling Riesling solved
Up here at Timberline Lodge, we ran into a bit of a mystery over Ste. Chapelle's Sparkling Riesling. On the bottle, it is listed as a nonvintage Ameri...
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San Pellegrino and my grape photos.
Every once in awhile something amusing happens on this internets thing.Some photos I took of Gewurztraminer out in the vineyard here are now appearing...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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New Year, New Wine
We all have our wine preferences. Some of us prefer whites over reds. Others resolutely stick to a particular region. Some stick to a particular grape...
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Potent Grape: For Wine Lovers |
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Find your niche in the NW wine industry
If you're looking for a way to get into the burgeoning Northwest wine industry but don't necessarily want to plant grapes or make wine, there still ar...
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Christmas at the BC Wine Appreciation Society
The mood was festive, as it always is, at the BCWAS Christmas party and tasting. Plenty of sparkles and bling were in evidence as our usual gang of ...
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Blanc de Noir |
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Thinking about bubbly
On Saturday, I'm heading to wine writer Bob Woehler's home for an afternoon with Domaine Ste. Michelle winemaker Rick Casqueiro. We're going to taste ...
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Record crop for Washington wine grapes
The Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers is reporting that the final estimated number for the 2007 harvest is 127,150 tons of wine grapes. Thi...
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We're Back with New Releases from BC's Morning Bay Vineyard
We know, it's been a long time. Thanks to everyone for your patience as we went through a period of vanishing off the radar. Here comes the first of m...
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Blanc de Noir |
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Crush 2007: A Brief Look at the Harvest
The rain is falling and the temperatures are cool.All the mountain passes are experiencing some snow.Except for some Late Harvest and Ice Wine crops, ...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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Abacela releases 2007 verjus
I see on Abacela Winery & Vineyard's Web site that the Umpqua Valley winery has released its 2007 verjus. Verjus is a nonalcoholic product made from u...
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Harvest is over (in my backyard)
On Wednesday, I harvested the last of the 2007 Brunello clone Sangiovese grapes from my little backyard vineyard (from nine vines). This was the fourt...
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TABLEBLOG | The Joie of Tableland
guestblogger Craig Noble pumping Pinot at his sister's winery, Joie. I just got back from Joie's 07 crush. I think we did something like 60-70 to...
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The cost of grapes: Northwest vs. Sonoma
An interesting story on Decanter.com unveils the price per ton of Sonoma County grapes in 2006. This statistic as much as anything reveals the cost of...
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Oregon frees Pinot Gris
Thirty years ago, Oregon growers and winemakers came up with some excellent rules for their burgeoning industry. Now, those rules have been updated fo...
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Columbia Crest to double in size? Highly unlikely
Harvest is a great time for rumors to fly around wine country, perhaps because everyone is talking to everyone as they get around their region to brin...
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Going against the trend
While many winemakers are still bringing in grapes throughout the Pacific Northwest - and perhaps wringing their hands over the ever-cooler weather - ...
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Danger of hang time
Winemakers love hang time. We aren't talking about Michael Jordan but rather that time during harvest when the grapes are ripe but the winemakers want...
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Days of jelly and sorbet
I've spent the past two days processing grapes and turning the resulting juice into jelly and sorbet.My buddy Hank, who runs our backroom and ensures ...
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Can grapes trump rocks in Southern Oregon?
An article in the Medford Mail Tribune reviews a battle over land-use laws in Southern Oregon's Applegate Valley, in which a landowner wants to quarry...
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Where do grapes stand in Washington? Lower than you'd think
Most people could easily guess what Washington's No. 1 crop is. That's right, apples. And just as famous as Idaho's potatoes. But where do grapes land...
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Backyard harvest
On Sunday, a check of my humble backyard vineyard showed the Brunello clone Sangiovese grapes had reached 24 brix, so I began to pick and process them...
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