VIWF 2017: Canada theme region shines
Each year, Vancouver International Wine Festival (VIWF) provides thousands of oenophiles and new wine drinkers alike with new discoveries, and 2017 was no exception. This year the festival had Canada as its theme region. Here in British Columbia, where the industry seems to be booming, celebrating Canadian wine seemed only fitting. Even better, Canada’s wine showcase […]
Inaugural Cornucopia Wine Summit in Whistler, BC
It was such a compelling invitation, who could say no? Oenophiles were invited to Whistler to “geek out” on the subject of wine for two days. Held on November 11/12, 2016, the Cornucopia Wine Summit was organized by our good friend and fellow wine lover Karen Graham, aka online as Wine Drops, a blog you should bookmark. […]
Fort Berens releases Red Gold
We have cheered on Fort Berens Estate Winery since its inception as the first commercial winery based in Lillooet, BC, in the Fraser River Canyon. Stacey and I were camping about 40 minutes south in the Lytton area when we stumbled upon a promotional brochure for a new winery called Fort Berens. We had no […]