Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is Lambrusco Reggiano Frizzante Barb Wild has been sipping again and this week’s pick is Lambrusco Reggiano Frizzante – Medici Ermete Concerto 2017! Read more on wine on The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks here. Happy Wine Wednesday wine friends! LAMBRUSCO REGGIANO FRIZZANTE – MEDICI ERMETE CONCERTO 2017 If case you…
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VIWF Trade Competition Winners 2020
17th Annual Awards Lunch VIWF Trade Competition Winners A huge congratulations to everyone, especially this year’s Spirited Industry Professional Winner, our friend, and fellow Dana Lee Harris! The Vancouver International Wine Festival announced the 2020 trade competition winners on Friday at Celebrating Excellence: 17th Annual Awards Lunch Featuring France, presented by ContainerWorld. The Celebrating Excellence program…
Antonella Bronca Sorella Bronca
Quick Conversations In Wine – Antonella Bronca From Sorella Bronca The wine world is in Vancouver for the Vancouver International Wine Festival and Antonella Brona is representing her winery, Sorella Bronca at the festival tastings and a dinner at Minami. Here’s some tidbits of info from this Italian winemaker in our speed round of Q…
Stefanie Dylla Laughing Stock Winery
Quick Conversations in Wine Stefanie Dylla Laughing Stock Winery The Vancouver International Wine Festival is on and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick fire questions to get to know…
Lyndsay O’Rourke Tightrope Winery
Quick Conversations in Wine Lyndsay O’Rourke Tightrope Winery The Vancouver International Wine Festival is on and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick-fire questions to get to know them better….
Leah Adint Chateau Ste. Michelle Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine Leah Adint Chateau Ste. Michelle The Vancouver International Wine Festival starts this week and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick fire questions to get to…
Four Seasons Resort Whistler Updates Cocktail Program
New Cocktails Inspired By Natural Wonders at the Four Seasons Resort Whistler Legendary mixologist Lauren Mote and the bar team at Four Seasons Resort Whistler are back with four new additions to the Spirit of the Mountains cocktail program. Adding to the award-winning program, four personalities from the best talent at SIDECUT Modern Steak + Bar, alongside award-winning Mote, tell tales of…
Cristiana Tiberio Tiberio Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine Cristiana Tiberio From Tiberio The Vancouver International Wine Festival starts this week and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick fire questions to get to know…
Jennifer Molgat The View Winery
Quick Conversations in Wine – Jennifer Molgat of The View Winery The Vancouver International Wine Festival starts this week and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick-fire questions to get…
Bodega Sarmentero Maria Lopez Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine – Maria Lopez of Bodega Sarmentero The Vancouver International Wine Festival is just around the corner, and we’d like to know more about who’s attending and what they’re interested in in the world of wine, and thought you would too. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women…
Vanessa Aubert Aubert Vignobles Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine – Vanessa Aubert From Aubert Vignobles As a prelude to who you’ll meet and what you’ll learn at the Vancouver International Wine Festival, we’ve got some interviews with the principals and winemakers! Here’s a few fun facts from France’s Vanessa Aubert from Aubert Vignobles in our speed round of Q + A…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild Borsao Garnacha
Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is Borsao Garnacha Barb Wild has been sipping again and this week’s pick is Borsao Garnacha. Read more on wine on The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks are here. Happy Wine Wednesday wine lovers! I’m happy to report that I’m in Spain at the moment. It’s not particularly warm but the sun is shining,…
Nathalie Bonhomme Les Vins Bonhomme Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine – Nathalie Bonhomme Les Vins Bonhomme Unfortunately this winemaker is stuck at home for the Vancouver International Wine Festival, due to an injury, but the winery will be there! Here’s more about Spain’s Nathalie Bonhomme from Les Vins Bonhomme in our speed round of Q + A with her. There’s also…
Caroline Schaller of Osoyoos Larose
Quick Conversations in Wine – Caroline Schaller of Osoyoos Larose The Vancouver International Wine Festival is just around the corner, and we’d like to know more about who’s attending and what they’re interested in in the world of wine and thought you would too. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild Cerejeiras Tinto
Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is Cerejeiras Tinto Barb Wild has another bargain of a suggestion! Cerejeiras Tinto 2017! Read more on wine on The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks are here. A few years ago I was acting manager of a little fine wine shop in West Vancouver. I loved the shop because it was sleepy. That meant…
Moet Hennessy For Valentine’s Day
Sparkling Wine, Champagne, Sauv Blanc or Tequila? Moet Hennessy Selections For Valentine’s Day What are you drinking this week? We’ll have a pick from Good Wine Gal for the week, or course but we’re also going to give you a few other suggestions for Valentine’s Day from Moet and Hennessy. How about a vibrant sparkling…
Odd Society Spirits In East Van
Odd Society Awards And Some Cocktails For Home Odd Society Spirits receives multiple awards at the Canadian Whisky Festival and Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition and we’ve got some cocktails so you can try their libations at home and an interview with Master Distiller Gordon Glanz. Click to hear more about Odd Society Spirits on the…
Green & Black’s Chocolate Valentine’s Day Pairing With Wine
Angela Aiello Pairs Our Favourite Green & Black’s Chocolate With Wine We’ve partnered up with Green & Black’s to bring you some chocolate and Ontario wine pairings from our friend, wine expert Angela Aiello (@superwinegirl)! Angela has been busy sampling Green & Black’s chocolate and a variety of wines to satisfy all palates! She’s got…
Artisan Distillers Canada is proud to announce the 2020 results for the Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition
Congrats To The Winners Of The Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition The Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition (CASC), the only national spirit competition reserved exclusively for artisan distilleries, announces the results of its 2020 edition today. Congrats to all! GLV Now in its third year, CASC, presented by Artisan Distillers Canada (ADC), has once again attracted a…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild – San Fabiano Calcinaia Casa Boschino
Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is San Fabiano Calcinaia Casa Boschino Barb Wild has been sipping again and this week’s pick is San Fabiano Calcinaia Casa Boschino 2015. Read more on wine on The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks are here. From Barb: Happy wine Wednesday from deep in the vine lands south of Lake…