Go Beyond Nice (please!)
byWhile easy drinking wines provide comfort, it’s the challenging ones that keep us stimulated. Tension is an important emotion in wine, as it is…
May, 2009
The Cellar is Dead
byCellaring is an old practice from the days when wine was undrinkable early in life due to crude manufacturing and lack of vineyard management….
Disclosing Ingredients on Wine Labels
byI think it’s only a matter of time till wine, and all drinks, will have to disclose ingredients. The consumer is entitled to know…
Tetra Paks
byALL BOXED UP The LCBO is determined to give us a ton of wine in boxes, whether we want it or not. It fulfills…
France Changes its Rules
byFrance has given winemakers (those in VDP regions ““ mainly in the South) approval to make New World-style wine. Wood chips (for vanilla flavour)…
Red Wine in a Can
byThe newest alternative packaging for wine is lightweight aluminum bottles. They look slimmer than glass bottles and they’re screwcap of course. Wineries are touting…
What is Bistro?
byBISTRO: ‘A place that is informal, animated and friendly. Where hearty helpings of unfussy good with big flavours are served on heavy white china…
Exploring Other Whites
byLet me tell you something that’s not well known. There is more variety in white wine than in red because winemakers are more willing…
Clark Smith
byTHIS CLARK SMITH GUY Clark Smith is a baffling paradox. A Californian winemaker who is part scientist, part math major, part environmentalist, part rocker,…